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In a 1965 series of articles tracing the history of relativity, [B 12] Keswani claimed that Poincaré and Lorentz should have the main credit for special relativity – claiming that Poincaré pointedly credited Lorentz multiple times, while Lorentz credited Poincaré and Einstein, refusing to take credit for himself.
far as we know Poincaré never commented on this result, which, if true, shattered his dream of a theory of everything. The result was controversial: how could light quanta produce interference effects? Nor did Poincarè agree with Einstein’s special theory of relativity.
Aug 5, 2020 · In 1905, almost at the same time as Poincaré and without knowledge of Lorentz’s paper, Einstein formulated special relativity in a general and complete way, obtaining the results of Lorentz and Poincaré, but showing the ideas were of much wider applicability.
- Bruce D. Popp
- 2020
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1.2 The Lorentz Transformations. Since the Lorentz transformations are at the heart of the theory of spe-cial relativity, Poincar ́e cannot fairly be said to have anticipated Einstein unless his understanding of the Lorentz transformation was sufficiently close to Einstein’s.
Apr 17, 2024 · Poincaré, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity. Jean-Marc Ginoux. Part of the book series: History of Physics ( (HIPHY)) 66 Accesses. Abstract. The aim of this chapter is to compare the main results established by Poincaré and Einstein in their publications.
- Jean-Marc Ginoux
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Poincaré never acknowledged Einstein's work on special relativity. However, Einstein expressed sympathy with Poincaré's outlook obliquely in a letter to Hans Vaihinger on 3 May 1919, when Einstein considered Vaihinger's general outlook to be close to his own and Poincaré's to be close to Vaihinger's. [49]
dynamics, Poincaré and Einstein held diametrically opposed views. Poincaré did every-thing to preserve the old viewpoint, while Einstein abandoned the absolute time and proposed a new mechanics. 1. Poincaré: Dreyfusard intellectuel Often, Poincaré is discussed by physicists and philosophers as if he had been a
