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Article #7609Re: Einstein's relativity and daily life
From: Steve Willner
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1987 22:41
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1987 22:41
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In article <391@nikhefh.UUCP>, jona@nikhefh.UUCP (Jona Oberski) writes: > Question: Which things - common instruments, consumergoods, etc. - would not > exist if we would not have Einstein's Theory of Relativity: "ETR"? Certainly no particle accelerators of any sort. Particle accelerators are now being used for medical treatment. And aren't synchrotron light sources used to make masks for VLSI circuits? If so, no personal computers or modern telephone switching systems. No nuclear reactors (suggested in the original posting) is almost certainly right. (Though they might conceivably be developed entirely empirically.) If so, no radioisotopes. These are used in medicine and are also widely used as tracers in both plant and animal physiology. We would certainly not understand photosynthesis, for example. Wouldn't this have an effect on modern farming? -- Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa2 60 Garden St. FTS: 830-7123 UUCP: willner@cfa Cambridge, MA 02138 USA ARPA: willner@cfa.harvard.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cfa!willner From: willner@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Willner) Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.philosophy.tech,sci.research,sci.misc,misc.misc Subject: Re: Einstein's relativity and daily life Message-ID: <695@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 18:41:42 EDT Article-I.D.: cfa.695 Posted: Thu Oct 1 18:41:42 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Oct-87 07:25:46 EDT References: <391@nikhefh.UUCP> Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics Lines: 19 Keywords: science for the people Summary: synchrotron light sources