Re: What was original in Einsteins SR theory ?


"Robert J. Kolker" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| blackboab wrote:
|
| > the two postulates of SR
| >
| > 1. That the speed of light is a constant in all reference frames was
| > actally the work of Maxwell where the quantity c appears as a
constant
| > independent of frame of reference.
| >
| > 2. All inertial reference frames are similar was actually the work
of
| > Galileo.
| >
| > the gamma correction was the work of Lorentz and Fitgerald
| >
| > Poincare and Fizeau also added ideas
| >
| > what EXACTLY did Einstein add ?
| >
| > what in SR is uniquely Einsteins ?
|
| He derived the laws of electrodynamics cleanly and simply.

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