Re: definition of simultaneity and on the relativity of lenghts and times by a. einstein

Albert Einstein wrote:
> It might appear possible to overcome all the difficulties attending
> the definition of "time'' by substituting "the position of the small
> hand of my watch" for "time."

That is correct Albert. Only defining time locally resolves many
pitfalls.

> And in fact such a definition is satisfactory when we are concerned
> with defining a time exclusively for the place where the watch is
> located; but it is no longer satisfactory when we have to connect
> in time series of events occurring at different places, or--what
> comes to the same thing--to evaluate the times of events occurring
> at places remote from the watch.

Here is your greatest blunder, Einstein. In order to understand
special relativity fully and derive the theory elegantly, it's not
necessary to fabricate or rely on the concept of simultaneity.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf

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