When an object moves extremely fast—close to the speed of light—certain basic assumptions that we take for granted no longer ...

IN the discussion on relativity at the Royal Society on February 5 (NATURE, February 12), Mr. Jeans stated that the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction theory presented grave difficulties in the case ...

Ch Frame Code Title 1 A Opening Sequence 2 02535 G Lorentz Transformation 3 03679 V Nineteenth Century Technology 4 06973 E 1881 Michelson-Morley 5 08291 H F. G. Fitzgerald 6 08603 E 1887 ...