Einstein and the Ether by Ludwik Kostro (PDF)

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Although Einstein is widely credited with abolishing the ether concept, he actually introduced a new relativistic ether in 1916, developing the idea in his later works. This book relates the story of Einstein and the rebirth of the ether, demonstrating how Einstein came to reject the 19th century ether. It details three relativistic ether models developed by Einstein and Einstein’s treatment of spacetime as a material entity-a “new ether”

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Ludwik Kostro studied physics and philosophy at the “Sapienza” University and the Gregorian University in Rome from 1963 to 1970. In 1975 he joined the University of Gdañsk, until 1994 as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor in the Physics Institute and from 1994 onward as a Full Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, of which he served as Director. He is presently Director of the Department for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science at the same University. Since 1988 he has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Physics Essays (Ottawa, Canada). He is a member of the board of the Interdivisional Group of History of Physics at the European Society of Physics, and serves on the Scientific Committee of the International Conferences on Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory held every two years at Imperial College in London and sponsored by the British Society for Philosophy of Science. Since 1986 he has been Secretary of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Gdansk Scientific Society. He is the author of 79 scientific papers in physics and philosophy, as well as several books, e.g., Eros, Sex and Abortion in the Critical Catholicism (Scientia, 1999). He has been awarded a number of major prizes. The French Government decorated him with the Les Palmes Académiques medal.

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⭐This book really surprised me because it demonstrates conclusively that the general view that Einstein dispelled the ether in his 1905 paper and never looked back is totally wrong. Einstein actually became a strong advocate of the “new ether” concept from about 1916 onwards, recognizing that space itself has physical qualities that are the basis for acceleration and other undeniable aspects of our world. This new ether was for Einstein still relativistic but it opens up a powerful philosophical and physical path of inquiry when we acknowledge that there is a structure and a depth to space itself. We are only now, a hundred years after Einstein’s initial work, starting to really delve into these qualities. The Higgs field itself is very likely part of this new physics, but the connections have not yet been made in this regard in mainstream physics – yet.

⭐If you are interested in Relativity, I would consider this book a must. Shows a lot of popular physics books on Relativity have a lot of misrepresentations in them

⭐The clairification that Ludwik Kostro provides about the true ideas Einstein had conclusively to express about space (the ether) and spacial interactions is a very important contribution to the understanding of major problems tackled by contemporary physics. In particular, it seems an important call of attention for all those who are interested in finding new ways for involving “the substance” of which the physical space consists, with a view to defining more satisfactory and manageable theories concerning gravitation.The book by Kostro relies upon a remarkable amount of largely unknown documentation about Einstein’s views and activity, whith the consequence of dismantling many superficial and misleading myths currently accepted about Einstein and his theory of relativity.

⭐To understand Einstein this is a good read on a subject he thought about constantly as it provides a struucture for his thinking.

⭐”Einstein and the Ether” is a great book that changes our understanding of twentieth century physics in a fundamental way. I heartily recommend that every educated person read it, for at least two reasons:1. It is a major cultural shock for practically all physicists and philosophers to learn that Albert Einstein himself was favourable to the existence of a relativistic ether during the last forty years of his life. I experienced this shock myself when Ludwik Kostro first told me about his book and I read his preliminary papers on this subject. Now I witness everyone else’s surprise when I lecture on relativistic physics and cite these new historical findings about Einstein’s acceptance of the ether.2. The book is a fascinating voyage into the mind of the greatest scientist of the twentieth century. Even a great physicist like Einstein cannot avoid having doubts, changing his opinion and making mistakes. Kostro guides us in a fantastic cultural adventure, a guided tour through the brain of the founder of relativity at work building ever better physical theories.Kostro’s touch is light but firm. His great gift is his ability to make the reader forget that there is an author between Einstein and himself. And yet a little reflection about the tremendous amount of information gathered in the book’s two hundred forty-odd pages immediately shows how important, painstaking and intelligent his role has been.My deepest gratitude goes to Ludwik Kostro for this wonderful gift he has made to all people interested in the history and philosophy of science.

⭐E’ disponibile anche nella versione italiana, ma ho voluto acquistare questa in inglese per migliorare le mie skills.E’ un ottimo testo, molto ben curato nella bibliografia, nell’esposizione dei concetti che risulta ben chiara. Ho apprezzato moltissimo il risalto dell’aspetto filosofico della questione imperniato nel contesto storico dell’epoca; sul pensiero di Einstein riguardo l’Etere e di come i vari modelli della sua teoria della relatività vi si approcciano.Consigliato a chiunque abbia voglia di approfondire questa tematica, sia semplici appassionati che uomini di scienza.

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⭐This is a very useful contribution as there do exist quite a few very missleading statements in the published literature concerning the concept of ether in general and Einsteins point of view in particular. Valuable are furthermore the many references and excerpts from sources which are sometimes not easy to find in the literature.

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