G.B. Itelson as a Prototype of Albert Lichtenberg. To the History of Writing the Story of Andrey Platonov’s Garbage Wind

Way Of Life ◽

History Of ◽

Life Path ◽

The article analyzes the life path and tragic death of the philosopher Grigory Borisovich Itelson (1852–1926) emigrated from Russia. According to the assumption put forward in the article, he became the prototype of Albert Lichtenberg, the hero in the story of Andrey Platonov Garbage Wind (1933), which describes the fate of a lonely German scientist, “the physicist of outer space”, who was killed by the Nazis for protesting against fascism. The article analyzes a number of coincidences between the fate of G.B. Itelson and the philosopher Lichtenberg described in the story Garbage Wind, in particular, the way of life and the circumstances of death. The author of the article finds in the text of Platonov’s story some allusions to G.B. Itelson – features of the worldview, publication by the hero of the story of the book The Universe as a desolate space, burned in the square by the fascists, which is seen as a hint of the book by Felix Eberti Stars and World History. Thoughts about space, published by G.B. Itelson in 1923. The author analyzes the reason for Platonov’s appeal to the personality of Itelson, who was a personal friend of A. Einstein and the main translator of his books into Russian. Through these publications in the 1920s, A. Platonov got acquainted with the General and Special Theory of Relativity, which had a strong influence on the writer’s worldview and largely shaped the poetics of his works. The article argues for the possibility of Platonov’s acquaintance with the obituary of G.B. Itelson, written by A.A. Goldenweiser and published in the Berlin Russian newspaper Ruhl, which describes in detail the life and tragic death of the philosopher at the hands of the Nazis

The Ultimate Sophistication of Special Theory of Relativity

International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences ◽

10.14331/ijfps.2021.330148 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 43-49

Author(s):

Hamdoon A. Khan ◽

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Special Theory ◽

Mathematical Approach ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

The Real ◽

The Past ◽

The One ◽

The Universe ◽

Faster Than Light

With the consideration of the light which carries the photon particles, the Lorentz transformation was constructed with an impressive mathematical approach. But the generalization of that equation for all the velocities of the universe is direct enforcement on other things not to travel faster than light. It has created serious issues in every scientific research that was done in the last century based on the special theory of relativity. This paper replaces the velocity of light with some other velocities and shows us the possible consequences and highlights the issues of special relativity. If I travel through my past or future and was able to see another me there, who would be the real Hamdoon I or the one I see there in the past or future! If the real one is only me, the one I saw, is not me, so, I could not travel through my or someone else's past or future. Therefore, no one can travel through time. If both of us are the same, can the key of personal identity be duplicated or be separated into two or more parts? These are some of the fundamental philosophical arguments that annihilate the concept of time travel which is one of the sequels of special relativity.

Albert Einstein’s Epistemic Virtues and Vices

Epistemology & Philosophy of Science ◽

10.5840/eps202158468 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 175-195

Author(s):

Vladimir P. Vizgin ◽

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

General Relativity ◽

General Theory ◽

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Mathematical Aspect ◽

General Theory Of Relativity ◽

Epistemic Virtues ◽

The article is based on the concepts of epistemic virtues and epistemic vices and explores A. Einstein’s contribution to the creation of fundamental physical theories, namely the special theory of relativity and general theory of relativity, as well as to the development of a unified field theory on the basis of the geometric field program, which never led to success. Among the main epistemic virtues that led Einstein to success in the construction of the special theory of relativity are the following: a unique physical intuition based on the method of thought experiment and the need for an experimental justification of space-time concepts; striving for simplicity and elegance of theory; scientific courage, rebelliousness, signifying the readiness to engage in confrontation with scientific conventional dogmas and authorities. In the creation of general theory of relativity, another intellectual virtue was added to these virtues: the belief in the heuristic power of the mathematical aspect of physics. At the same time, he had to overcome his initial underestimation of the H. Minkowski’s four-dimensional concept of space and time, which has manifested in a distinctive flexibility of thinking typical for Einstein in his early years. The creative role of Einstein’s mistakes on the way to general relativity was emphasized. These mistakes were mostly related to the difficulties of harmonizing the mathematical and physical aspects of theory, less so to epistemic vices. The ambivalence of the concept of epistemic virtues, which can be transformed into epistemic vices, is noted. This transformation happened in the second half of Einstein’s life, when he for more than thirty years unsuccessfully tried to build a unified geometric field theory and to find an alternative to quantum mechanics with their probabilistic and Copenhagen interpretation In this case, we can talk about the following epistemic vices: the revaluation of mathematical aspect and underestimation of experimentally – empirical aspect of the theory; adopting the concepts general relativity is based on (continualism, classical causality, geometric nature of fundamental interactions) as fundamental; unprecedented persistence in defending the GFP (geometrical field program), despite its failures, and a certain loss of the flexibility of thinking. A cosmological history that is associated both with the application of GTR (general theory of relativity) to the structure of the Universe, and with the missed possibility of discovering the theory of the expanding Universe is intermediate in relation to Einstein’s epistemic virtues and vices. This opportunity was realized by A.A. Friedmann, who defeated Einstein in the dispute about if the Universe was stationary or nonstationary. In this dispute some of Einstein’s vices were revealed, which Friedman did not have. The connection between epistemic virtues and the methodological principles of physics and also with the “fallibilist” concept of scientific knowledge development has been noted.

Go outside your realm of experience, on a hypercube

How to Free Your Inner Mathematician ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198843597.003.0044 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 259-264

Author(s):

Susan D'Agostino

Keyword(s):

String Theory ◽

Special Theory ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Mathematics Students ◽

“Go outside your realm of experience, on a hypercube” explains how and why mathematicians conceive of cubes in many dimensions, including a four-dimensional hypercube. Einstein’s special theory of relativity and the mathematics of string theory—a subfield of physics that seeks to understand the structure of the universe—both require more than the three dimensions with which we are familiar. The discussion, which focuses on how to make a four-dimensional hypercube, is enhanced with numerous hand-drawn sketches. Mathematics students and enthusiasts are encouraged to go outside their realm of experience in both mathematical and life pursuits. At the chapter’s end, readers may check their understanding by working on a problem. A solution is provided.

Replacing Special Relativity

Intellectual Archive ◽

10.32370/ia_2021_09_3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

Author(s):

John Hodge

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Paradigm Shift ◽

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Scalar Theory ◽

Wide Range ◽

Theory Of Everything ◽

Standard Models ◽

The Special Theory of Relativity applies where gravitation is insignificant. There are many observations that remain poorly explained by the standard models of either the big of cosmology or the small of Quantum mechanics. The strength of the Scalar Theory Of Everything (STOE) is its ability to describe an extremely wide range of observations and to predict observations. Each of the STOE axioms has been used in the development of models of observations in the big and the small. The axioms that replace Special Relativity are: (1) Time is an abstraction of the duration between events causing events. (2) The diameter of the hods is the same throughout the universe. (3) The distance between hods is related to plenum density. Higher reduces the distance between hods. (4) The speed of photons and hods (light) is the greatest of any matter in a given environment. (5) The speed of the plenum wave is much faster than the speed of the hods. The STOE passes the tests of Special Relativity and does much more. The STOE is a major paradigm shift.

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science - Philosophical Problems of Space and Time ◽

The Bearing of Philosophy on the History of the Special Theory of Relativity

10.1007/978-94-010-2622-2_21 ◽

1973 ◽

pp. 709-727

Author(s):

Adolf Grünbaum

Keyword(s):

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

History Of

Discrete Time Flowing and A Contradiction to Einsteinâ€™s Assumptions

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PHYSICS ◽

10.24297/jap.v11i3.432 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 3208-3217

Author(s):

K.H.K. Geerasee Wijesuriya

Keyword(s):

String Theory ◽

Discrete Time ◽

Special Theory ◽

Space Time ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Specific Result ◽

Time Duration ◽

Velocity Of Light ◽

Due to the limited velocity of light, there is a time duration to propagate a light ray between any two distinct spacetimeÂ points in the universe. Upon that argument, authorâ€Ÿs attempt is to obtain a very specific result that may useful forÂ the Cosmology subject fields, string theory and the Astronomy subject fields.Â The final result implies that the time flowing depends on the space time location and time flowing is a relative fact inÂ the universe. â€œTime flowing is a relative factâ€ does not mean the notion in the Special theory of Relativity regardingÂ the relativity in the time.

Einstein and relativistic thermodynamics in 1952: a historical and critical study of a strange episode in the history of modern physics

The British Journal for the History of Science ◽

10.1017/s0007087400028764 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 185-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Chuang Liu

Keyword(s):

Basic Assumption ◽

Special Theory ◽

Critical Study ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Modern Physics ◽

Heated Debate ◽

Physics Literature ◽

History Of ◽

Relativistic Thermodynamics

Over forty years after the foundations of the special theory of relativity had been securely laid, a heated debate, beginning in 1965, about the correct formulation of relativistic thermodynamics raged in the physics literature. Prior to 1965, relativistic thermodynamics was considered one of the most secure relativistic theories and one of the most simple and elegant examples of relativization in physics. It is, as its name apparently suggests, the result of the application of the special theory of relativity to thermodynamics. The basic assumption is that the first and second laws of thermodynamics are Lorentz-invariant, and, as a result, a set of Lorentz transformations is derived from thermodynamic magnitudes, such as heat and temperature.

A teorija vremena i početak svemira

Obnovljeni život ◽

10.31337/oz.72.3.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 72. (3.) ◽

pp. 361-361

Author(s):

Valentin Stuhne ◽

Dalibor Renić

Keyword(s):

Special Theory ◽

Cosmological Argument ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Temporal Properties ◽

Future Events ◽

Kalam Cosmological Argument ◽

Kalām Cosmological Argument ◽

The question about the beginning of the universe is crucial in philosophy in view of certain cosmological arguments for God’s existence (notably the Kalām cosmological argument), but it is also interesting in itself. This article defends the position that an interpretation of the beginning of the universe in terms of A–theoretical ontology is justified, as opposed to the B–theory. The two strongest objections to the A–theory are the problems of veracity of arguments on past and future events and the incompatibility of the A–theory with the Special Theory of Relativity. We argue that the first objection is resolved upon the A–theorist’s finding a suitable subject for the instantiation of temporal properties. As for the second objection, it is not true that the A–theory is incompatible with the Special Theory of Relativity simpliciter: it is only incompatible with Minkowski’s interpretation. We propose a few steps towards avoiding this interpretation.