Was Einstein indeed "Very Great"?
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From: James Dow Allen on 1 Mar 2010 11:46 My website has a wide variety of pages, including one where I say flattering things about Einstein, implying he and Newton are the two greatest physicists ever. I'm not a physicist, and not qualified to judge, but the claim agrees with almost all the facts and opinions I've ever read. Lately two readers have sent me e-mail implying that I've been deluded into thinking Einstein was really so great! Here's just an example of several claims I've received: > There is no question that Hilbert presented the General Theory of > Relativity before Einstein did. > Einstein rushed his General Relativity paper into publication in a > panic when he saw that Hilbert had already presented his own Theory. My question for the ng is: Is there any valid basis whatsoever to such arguments of plagiarism or against Einstein's "greatness"? I e-mailed one correspondent that such talk may have originated with anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda, which naturally infuriated him! Sorry if this post fans flames in this ng, but I do hope the ng gives me a clear sense of the answer. James Dow Allen
From: Urion on 1 Mar 2010 11:52 Yes I have to admit Einstein was a mathematical genius. He mastery of differential geometry, tensors, manifolds and all that was in advance for his time. But he wasn't a good physicist since manipulating complicated mathematical equations doesn't equal of being a good physicist. That is just my opinion. You may see it differently.
From: Urion on 1 Mar 2010 11:56 Yes I have to admit Einstein was a mathematical genius. His mastery of differential geometry, partial differential equations, manifolds and all that was in advance for his time. But he wasn't a good physicist since manipulating complicated mathematical equations doesn't equal of doing good physics. That is just my opinion. You may see it differently though.
From: bert on 1 Mar 2010 11:58 On Mar 1, 11:46 am, James Dow Allen <jdallen2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > My website has a wide variety of pages, including one where I say > flattering > things about Einstein, implying he and Newton are the two greatest > physicists > ever. I'm not a physicist, and not qualified to judge, but the claim > agrees > with almost all the facts and opinions I've ever read. > > Lately two readers have sent me e-mail implying that I've been deluded > into thinking Einstein was really so great! > Here's just an example of several claims I've received: > > > There is no question that Hilbert presented the General Theory of > > Relativity before Einstein did. > > Einstein rushed his General Relativity paper into publication in a > > panic when he saw that Hilbert had already presented his own Theory. > > My question for the ng is: Is there any valid basis whatsoever to > such > arguments of plagiarism or against Einstein's "greatness"? > I e-mailed one correspondent that such talk may have originated with > anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda, which naturally infuriated him! > > Sorry if this post fans flames in this ng, but I do hope the ng gives > me a clear sense of the answer. > > James Dow Allen Einstein a very great out of the box thinker,but so am I Lived longer than him I add to his thinking and yes go far beyond. I met him,and now out live him. We are two relative pea brains that see nature(universe) as a mystery that we hope to have answers for TreBert Read my posts O ya
From: Raymond Yohros on 1 Mar 2010 12:05
On Mar 1, 11:52 am, Urion <blackman_...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes I have to admit Einstein was a mathematical genius. He mastery of > differential geometry, tensors, manifolds and all that was in advance > for his time. > > But he wasn't a good physicist since manipulating complicated > mathematical equations doesn't equal of being a good physicist. > > That is just my opinion. You may see it differently. > einstein was not great in school he was only interested in music and physics most of the time he was tripping high instead of paying attention. more like an artist than a dedicated scientist. he seek for fun all the time and sometimes people though he was crazy. nobody believe anything he said for a long time and that is always the case when what you think its not conventional. fortunately, talent recognizes talent and someone came to the rescue: max planck r.y |