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Does anyone know anything about Heinrich Hertz' 1890 light-dragging paper?

The paper is: "On the basic equations of electrodynamics for moving bodies" Hertz, H. (1890). Ueber die Grundgleichungen der Electrodynamik für bewegte Körper. Annalen der Physik, 277(11),...

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What is special relativity's Third Postulate?

Einstein's 1905 theory derives a relativistic geometry for spacetime in the absence of matter, and then applies it in the presence of matter, to derive rules for how that matter behaves at high...

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The Newtonian Doppler equations are not time-symmetrical. Has anyone studied this?

The Newtonian Doppler equations work differently depending on whether you run them backwards or forwards. Forwards there's an energy-loss that encourages exothermicity, creating an arrow of...

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How do people feel about losing "Nature Letters"?

Nature Letters has historically been a "safety valve" for scientific publication in that it provided a way for a Nature Editor to allow the publication of short and possibly controversial pieces...

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