Re: why lorentz transformation?
- From: the softrat <softrat@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:46:11 -0700
On 31 Aug 2005 17:42:37 -0700, "Sue..." <suzysewnshow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>francisco wrote:
>> galileo's principle of relativity states that the laws of mechanics should
>> be the same for all inertial observers. and indeed, newtonian mechanics is
>> unchanged under galilean transformations. the problem is that maxwellian
>> electrodynamics is not the same in every inertial frame under that
>> transformation. so what to do? find a set of transformations under which
>> both mechanics and electrodynamics are the same for all inertial frames.
>> this leads to the lorentz transformation.
>
>Since Maxwell's equations don't predict radiation either but your
>radio works, it is probably not worth loosing sleep over their
>shortcomings. Certainly it is no excuse to replace physics with magic.
>
>http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204034
>http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em1/lectures/node46.html
>
>Sue...
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