Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed4-a.proxad.net!nnrp4-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Langevin's paradox again From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) Reply-To: jjlxa31@xs4all.nl (J. J. Lodder) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:14:42 +0200 References: Organization: De Ster Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.8.5 (ea919cf118) (Mac OS 10.12.6) Lines: 22 Message-ID: <668fbea3$0$8223$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jul 2024 13:14:43 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.10.137.58 X-Trace: 1720696483 news-3.free.fr 8223 213.10.137.58:60173 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Bytes: 1699 Richard Hachel wrote: > Langevin's paradox. > The Langevin paradox is a very serious criticism against the theory of > relativity. Unfortunately, the canonization and divinization of Albert > Einstein as the new son of God on earth (it was excessive in both > substance and form) completely obscured the problem, and we only saw > dozens high-level theorists were right against him, and that their > grievances were audible. Here you have Langevin (seated in front of the blackboard) with Einstein and Ehrenfest. You can see how devastated Einstein is at his theory having been destroyed by Langevin, can't you? BTW, Einstein is on record as having praised Langevin as 'the only Frenchman who understands relativity'. Langevin started lecturing on relativity in 1910. Jan