Nikola Tesla detested relativity theory, and he derided Albert Einstein as a “white-haired crank.” Tesla supported the concept of the universal “ether,” and he raged about Einstein’s relativistic concept of “curved space.” Tesla also scoffed at the maximum possible velocity of “c” (light speed), which is a central tenet of Special Relativity. When viewed through […]
14 I came to find that although Merle’s knowledge of science was light-years beyond that of present-day Earth, he was especially fond of Earth culture, especially music and art of just about any variety. Merle once explained to me that his planet’s history, like Earth’s history, included a man who discovered gravity. His planet’s history, […]
7 By now, he was standing next to me, holding out a gloved hand to shake. He was wearing gloves that looked like they might have been riding gloves, although the group appeared to be on foot. Eventually, I found out that the gloves were specially designed to collect biological samples from my hands or […]
Everyone knows that Einstein said nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, right? Well, I spent many years studying relativity and cosmology, and eventually I came to realize that Albert Einstein and H.A. Lorentz shared one simple misconception involving Lorentz’ relativistic velocity equations, which stand as the foundation for all of relativity theory. […]