5/22/2023 0 Comments Theory of relativity by einstein![]() ![]() In an astonishing twist of fate, the key to relativity’s salvation could lie in the aether. Einstein’s universe is also plagued by dark forces that his theory cannot cast out. Its failure to explain the behaviour of the universe at the smallest scales suggests that some more fundamental theory is waiting to take its place. The aether, if it gets mentioned at all, is an embarrassing footnote in its rise to glory.īut relativity has run into difficulties of its own. ![]() It is a byword for human achievement and scientific progress. Today, relativity offers us our best picture of the large-scale structure of the universe. Few victories in modern physics have been so total. Over a century ago, it picked a fight with Einstein’s theory of relativity and lost. AS FAR as dead ideas go, the luminiferous aether is among the deadest. ![]()
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