Here's another quote from Ernest Rutherford, founder of nuclear physics.
Rutherford's reflections on the Einstein and relativity media hype of 1919:

"The War had just ended; and the complacency of the Edwardian and
Victorian times had been shattered. The people felt that all their
values and all their ideals had lost their bearings. Now, suddenly, they
learnt that an astronomical prediction by a German scientist had been
confirmed by expeditions to Brazil and West Africa and, indeed, prepared
for already during the War, by British astronomers. Astronomy has always
appealed to public imagination; and an astronomical discovery,
transcending worldly strife, struck a responsive chord. The meeting of
the Royal Society, at which the results of the British expeditions were
reported, was headlined in all the British papers; and the typhoon of
publicity crossed the Atlantic. From that point on, the American press
played Einstein to the maximum."

Above quoted from: Chandrasekhar S., (1987) Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics
and Motivations in Science, University of Chicago press

Many people today don't realise that Einstein was the beneficiary of a
major media hype, they just assume he rose quietly to fame, gently
persuading some others that his theories were brilliant. The perception
of what is newsworthy has changed substantially over the decades.
Nowadays the story of an experiment to detect bending of starlight by a
makeshift observatory in a solar eclipse wouldn't even get in a
newspaper, let alone make the headlines.

The British press, along with Eddington, initially created Einstein the
celebrity scientist. The US media then picked up on the story and hyped
it up even further. But the US media doesn't have the British media's
redeeming habit of building up celebrities only to knock them down a few
months or years later when they get bored with them. Once you're a
celebrity in the USA, you can, if there's not much competition in your
field, be a celebrity for the rest of your life, and even possibly after
death. And that's what happened to Einstein. The hype continues to this
day fuelled by the layman's perception that Einstein vaguely has
something to do with nuclear weapons and through Einstein's major
contributions to the science fiction entertainment industry. Recently
Einstein was awarded Time magazine's Person of the Century. (Ironically
one of the tributes to Einstein in Time was from the latest version of a
media-hyped scientist, Stephen Hawking.) And we should be getting yet
another wave of hype in 2005, for the centenary of SR.

"Dave" wrote in message ...

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The hype continues to this
day fuelled by the layman's perception that Einstein vaguely has
something to do with nuclear weapons and through Einstein's major
contributions to the science fiction entertainment industry. Recently
Einstein was awarded Time magazine's Person of the Century. (Ironically
one of the tributes to Einstein in Time was from the latest version of a
media-hyped scientist, Stephen Hawking.) And we should be getting yet
another wave of hype in 2005, for the centenary of SR.

Is this the same Dave that posted, 'No wonder the relativists in this
newsgroup just give facetious replies and never bother to answer
questions', and then failed to respond to any of the logical and
non-facetious replies posted?

What kind of response do you now expect to your idiotic
ramblings?

Martin Hogbin

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Here's another quote from Ernest Rutherford, founder of nuclear physics.
Rutherford's reflections on the Einstein and relativity media hype of
1919:

"The War had just ended; and the complacency of the Edwardian and
Victorian times had been shattered. The people felt that all their
values and all their ideals had lost their bearings. Now, suddenly, they
learnt that an astronomical prediction by a German scientist had been
confirmed by expeditions to Brazil and West Africa and, indeed, prepared
for already during the War, by British astronomers. Astronomy has always
appealed to public imagination; and an astronomical discovery,
transcending worldly strife, struck a responsive chord. The meeting of
the Royal Society, at which the results of the British expeditions were
reported, was headlined in all the British papers; and the typhoon of
publicity crossed the Atlantic. From that point on, the American press
played Einstein to the maximum."

Above quoted from: Chandrasekhar S., (1987) Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics
and Motivations in Science, University of Chicago press

Many people today don't realise that Einstein was the beneficiary of a
major media hype, they just assume he rose quietly to fame, gently
persuading some others that his theories were brilliant. The perception
of what is newsworthy has changed substantially over the decades.
Nowadays the story of an experiment to detect bending of starlight by a
makeshift observatory in a solar eclipse wouldn't even get in a
newspaper, let alone make the headlines.

The British press, along with Eddington, initially created Einstein the
celebrity scientist. The US media then picked up on the story and hyped
it up even further. But the US media doesn't have the British media's
redeeming habit of building up celebrities only to knock them down a few
months or years later when they get bored with them. Once you're a
celebrity in the USA, you can, if there's not much competition in your
field, be a celebrity for the rest of your life, and even possibly after
death. And that's what happened to Einstein. The hype continues to this
day fuelled by the layman's perception that Einstein vaguely has
something to do with nuclear weapons and through Einstein's major
contributions to the science fiction entertainment industry. Recently
Einstein was awarded Time magazine's Person of the Century. (Ironically
one of the tributes to Einstein in Time was from the latest version of a
media-hyped scientist, Stephen Hawking.) And we should be getting yet
another wave of hype in 2005, for the centenary of SR.

See
http://www.androc1es.pwp.blueyonder....tal_rv_2.0.htm
by a media-shy Briton seeking truth in physics, not fame. Target date for
the demise of relativity: June 30, 2005.
Androcles

"Martin Hogbin" wrote in message
...

"Dave" wrote in message
...

snip
The hype continues to this
day fuelled by the layman's perception that Einstein vaguely has
something to do with nuclear weapons and through Einstein's major
contributions to the science fiction entertainment industry. Recently
Einstein was awarded Time magazine's Person of the Century. (Ironically
one of the tributes to Einstein in Time was from the latest version of a
media-hyped scientist, Stephen Hawking.) And we should be getting yet
another wave of hype in 2005, for the centenary of SR.

Is this the same Dave that posted, 'No wonder the relativists in this
newsgroup just give facetious replies and never bother to answer
questions', and then failed to respond to any of the logical and
non-facetious replies posted?


He's right, isn't he?
After all, you are one of them.

What kind of response do you now expect to your idiotic
ramblings?

Martin Hogbin
So you prefer insult as a convincing reply, Pigbin?
How extremely clever you are, your wit and logic are truly astounding.
I'm so overwhelmed by it, my flabber is gasted.

Now fail to respond to this logical and non-facetious article with sense, if
you have any:
http://www.androc1es.pwp.blueyonder....tal_rv_2.0.htm
Androcles.