Bonn 2020 – scientific programme

The DPG Spring Meeting in Bonn had to be cancelled! Read more ...

Parts | Days | Selection | Search | Updates | Downloads | Help

GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 7: Classical Theory of General Relativity 2

GR 7.2: Talk

Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 11:15–11:30, H-HS IX

The Ether (Äther) Discussion in Relativity — •Albrecht Giese — Taxusweg 15, 22605 Hamburg

The ether question was once decided in favor of Einstein's position, following the 'Zeitgeist' of that epoch. Was it a good decision?

Lorentz debated this question with Einstein, and he presented Einstein counterarguments (1917), which Einstein did not refute. - We will present the arguments of this discussion and in addition aspects of nowadays physics about it. Furtheron we will briefly explain the impacts of Lorentz's alternative view on the understanding of physics in general and on relativity (SRT and GRT) in particular.

Und wir hoffen auf eine lebhafte Diskussion zu diesem Thema.

Literatur: Ludwik Kostro, Einstein and the Ether, Apeiron 2000