Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?

Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?

The history of the luminiferous ether is sketched with a view to ascertaining what factors may have kept this idea alive until 1905, when Einstein declared it superfluous.

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Main Author: Roberto Torretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2009-12-01
Series:THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Subjects:
ether, lines of force, Maxwell-Lorentz electrodynamics, special relativity
Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/457
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THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
ether, lines of force, Maxwell-Lorentz electrodynamics, special relativity
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title Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
title_short Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
title_full Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
title_fullStr Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
title_full_unstemmed Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
title_sort getting rid of the ether. could physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from philosophy?
publisher University of the Basque Country
series THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
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2171-679X
publishDate 2009-12-01
description The history of the luminiferous ether is sketched with a view to ascertaining what factors may have kept this idea alive until 1905, when Einstein declared it superfluous.
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