Investigating the Logical Consistency of Relativity

Author: Ma Qingping
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book reviews the development history of special relativity, provides a detailed analysis of its important concepts and conclusions, and interprets the true meaning of special relativity by examining a large number of original research papers related to its emergence and development. Starting from the basic logical principle of identity, the author analyzes the specific derivation processes of several important conclusions of special relativity, such as the derivation of the principle of the constancy of the speed of light leading to the Lorentz transformation, and the derivation of length contraction and time dilation from the Lorentz transformation. The author discovers several logical errors that violate the principle of identity in these derivations. On this basis, the author proposes that the system of special relativity is actually logically inconsistent and offers new interpretations of the physical experiments historically leading to the emergence of relativity. This book provides a clear and accessible language for the main concepts of special relativity, offering the most thorough and comprehensive interpretation to date, suitable for physicists, philosophers, science historians, and amateur enthusiasts.