Author:
Khan, Mohammad Shafiq
Category:
Journal Reprints
Sub-Category:
Relativity Theory
Date Published:
April 2012
Source Link:
© Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Keywords:
Space-time concept, Albert Einstein, Ether, Theory, Universe, Origin,
Abstract:
The postulate of constancy of velocity of light irrespective of relative uniform motion of the source and the observer
introduced by Albert Einstein in the article „On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies‟ Albert Einstein (1905a) is
absolutely consistent with the physical and experimental observations. The other postulate of „laws by which physical
systems undergo change are not affected when referred to different inertial reference frames‟ is in contradiction with all
the derivations in the article. Since the change in any physical system; due to whatever reason; could be mainly in
reference to the space and time of that physical system; whereas article derives that space and time of any physical
system would be different when referred to different inertial reference frames. This article will establish theoretically as
well as experimentally that the concept of length contraction in the direction of motion, as proposed by Lorentz &
FitzGerald to explain Michelson–Morley experiment is fundamentally incorrect. Consequently the concept of
exchangeability of mass and energy as proposed by Einstein in the article „Does the Inertial of the Body
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