Re: Doppler question

["William J. Larson" <Bill_Larson@compuserve.com>]

Leigh asks:
> What does Pais have to say?<

"Subtle is the Lord", Abraham Pais  (all abbreviations are mine - WJL)

p. 21: Einstein undoubtedly knew of the M-M result, but ...
probably it played only an indirect role in the evolution =

of his thinking."

p.115 M is mentioned neither in the first nor in any of E's later =

research papers on SR.

p. 116 [Einstein wrote in a letter in 1950 that he had become =

aware of MM] "only after 1905."   "the experiments that influenced =

him were the observations on stellar aberration and Fizeau's =

measurements on the speed of light in moving water."

p. 133  E knew "of the 1895 Lorenz paper in which the MM =

experiment is discussed at length."

Pais goes on & on on this issue.  More?

Bill (0/13 tests left to write, 0/13 to give, 9/13 to grade) Larson
Geneva