http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teachi...ins/index.html
John Norton, "Origins of Special Relativity": "We know from later
recollections what one of Einstein's modified versions of
electrodynamics looked like. In that version, the velocity of light is
a constant, not with respect to the ether, but with respect to the
source that emits the light. Such a theory is called an "emission"
theory of light and, if the other parts of the theory are well
behaved, will satisfy the principle of relativity. Einstein later
recalled that the theory he developed was essentially that developed
later by Walther Ritz in 1908.....It was a lovely theory. But it
didn't work. WE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE. BUT WE KNOW HE
FOUND MANY. Indeed Einstein seems to have expended considerable energy
finding trying to figure out if any emission theory might work. His
later recollections are littered with different reasons for why no
emission at all could do justice to electrodynamics."

Relativists' reasoning is straightforward: since Divine Albert found
many problems, the emission theory had to be abandoned. True,
relativists still do not know what those problems were but that is
normal when you deal with Divine Albert. You can know what Divine
Albert did but CAN ONLY GUESS why he did it.

Pentcho Valev

On Mar 23, 12:00 am, "Pentcho Valev" wrote:

[snip whatever - I didn't read it because I probably read it at least
two times before]

http://bip.cnrs-mrs.fr/bip10/valevfaq.htm

On Mar 23, 8:00?am, "Pentcho Valev" wrote:
http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teachi...ctures/origins...
John Norton, "Origins of Special Relativity": "We know from later
recollections what one of Einstein's modified versions of
electrodynamics looked like. In that version, the velocity of light is
a constant, not with respect to the ether, but with respect to the
source that emits the light. Such a theory is called an "emission"
theory of light and, if the other parts of the theory are well
behaved, will satisfy the principle of relativity. Einstein later
recalled that the theory he developed was essentially that developed
later by Walther Ritz in 1908.....It was a lovely theory. But it
didn't work. WE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE. BUT WE KNOW HE
FOUND MANY. Indeed Einstein seems to have expended considerable energy
finding trying to figure out if any emission theory might work. His
later recollections are littered with different reasons for why no
emission at all could do justice to electrodynamics."

Relativists' reasoning is straightforward: since Divine Albert found
many problems, the emission theory had to be abandoned. True,
relativists still do not know what those problems were but that is
normal when you deal with Divine Albert. You can know what Divine
Albert did but CAN ONLY GUESS why he did it.

Pentcho Valev