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View SchemaDoes special relativity theory tell us anything new about space and time?
| Authors | Laszlo E. Szabo |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0308035 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308035 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-7091-0177-3_9 |
Abstract
It will be shown that, in comparison with the pre-relativistic Galileo-invariant conceptions, special relativity tells us nothing new about the geometry of spacetime. It simply calls something else "spacetime", and this something else has different properties. All statements of special relativity about those features of reality that correspond to the original meaning of the terms "space" and "time" are identical with the corresponding traditional pre-relativistic statements. It will be also argued that special relativity and Lorentz theory are completely identical in both senses, as theories about spacetime and as theories about the behavior of moving physical objects.
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