Re: Mileva Maric Einstein

From: Bill Hobba (bhobba_at_rubbish.net.au)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 04:21:16 GMT

"Harry" <harald.vanlintel@epfl.ch> wrote in message
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> "Bill Hobba" <bhobba@rubbish.net.au> wrote in message
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> > "Australopithecus Afarensis" <fossil.lucy@cox.net> wrote in message
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> SNIP
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> > Did Poincare at the 1911 Solvay conference show no
> > understanding of relativity, the theory that Einstein supposedly stole
> from
> > him - Yes.
>
> Wow! I never heard that rumour - and I doubt it because I know from his
> writings that he understood it better than Lorentz. Do you have a
reference?
>

It is no rumor - see page 170 - Pais - Subtle is the Lord. Einstein meet
Poincare for the first time at the Solvay conference of 1911 and is it
reported that Poincare showed little of no understanding of relativity.

BTW Harry I highly recommend the above source for the true facts about
Einstein. It is not just the authors view - the extensive bibliography it
is based on is amazing.

Thanks
Bill

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