The conventionality of simultaneity at distant points is defended partly by reference to Einstein's 1905 paper founding special relativity. His famous light-signaling definition takes the transit time ...

Neutrinos, the most ghostly particles we know of, are hitting far above their weight class. Recent evidence from the European physics mecca known as CERN and an affiliated group in Lyon suggests that ...

THIS pamphlet gives a clear account of the fundamental bases of Einstein's special theory of relativity from the point of view of the logician. The author reaches the conclusion, with which ...

The Sagnac effect, first observed over a century ago, remains central to our understanding of relativistic kinematics and the operational definitions of simultaneity. Fundamentally, this effect arises ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Societies in the Global South are simultaneously confronted with various challenges that societies in the Global North faced over a long ...

The debate over globalization currently appears to have reached a state of exhaustion. This is due not to a weakening of the underlying process, but to a lack of air for new interpretive ideas. Almost ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After struggling for years to be recognized for his controversial scientific ideas, Albert ...