Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
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Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
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Re: Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
#2A lot of my quick notes would benefit from phrasing it as dialogues: the main voice vs the skeptic vs "the architecture astronaut".
Re: Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
#3Nice to use the same idea as Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Ch...
Re: Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
#4What a coincidence, this is from my University. I just submitted a request to collect it from the library :)
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#5> "The mathematical physicist is provided with a blackboard, on which he occasionally writes down very simple mathematical expressions. The Ordinary Intelligent Person's first impulse, on seeing these expressions, is to take fright and to give up all attempts to follow the argument.
Well, not a whole lot has changed in 100 years.
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#6I've read the first two chapters so far and found it to be interesting and accessible. The style is pleasantly warm compared to a lot of modern writing while maintaining scientific integrity and treating the reader more maturely than average contemporary pop-sci.
Re: Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
#7Nice to use the same idea as Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Ch...
It's a classical technique.
Re: Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
#8That's a bunch for posting this. Really fascinating while being (relatively ;) easy to comprehend at the same time.