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When and why did the concept of relativistic mass become outdated?
There are researchers both for and against the concept of relativistic mass even to this day. In fact, Lorentz was the first to propose the idea of relativistic mass in the form of mgamma=m/Sqrt(1-v^2/...
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What is the origin of the rubber sheet analogy?
In the 12 December 1919 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society there is starting on page 96 a "Discussion of the Theory of Relativity" with multiple speakers and in the portion ...
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What is the origin of the rubber sheet analogy?
A rubber sheet analogy for curved spacetime was used very soon after Einstein's publication of General Relativity. The classic "bowling ball" version may have taken a few years to evolve, ...
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What is the origin of the rubber sheet analogy?
Beware of ChatGPT, it can easily generate fake references for historical materials. A while ago, I asked about the origin of the concept of vector "norm". Not only it provided a fake German ...
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