Special Relativity | Harry Ricker III

Galileo Was Wrong, A Scientific Documentary On Geocentrism

Jun 18, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerCosmology Astronomy, Film, History Of Science, Natural Philosophy, Relativity, Review, Special Relativity4 Comments

Galileo Was Wrong, A Scientific Documentary On Geocentrism produced by CAI Publishing INC., is a science documentary that is different from the usual science that we are supposed to believe in. It is an astonishingly good science documentary film for many different reasons. This film is so good and has such a high positive educational […]

What Happened To The Principle Of Relativity?

Jun 9, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerGeneral Relativity, History Of Science, Special Relativity1 Comment

In his book Science and Hypothesis, first published in French in 1902, Poincare gives to the principle of relativity the status of a unifying principle in both mathematics and physics. It is an important theme of the book, which unifies this collection of essays. At the end of the book, Poincare discusses how this principle […]

The Light Sphere Paradox Of Einstein’s Special Relativity

Jun 4, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerSpecial Relativity4 Comments

Unlike the much more famous paradox of the twins, the light sphere paradox is relatively unknown. It forms the basis of the claim that the velocity of light is the same value c in all inertial frames in relative motion. Its paradoxical aspect has not produced the volume of critical discussion or commanded the attention […]