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On the Evolution of Approaches to the Space-Time Symmetry
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- 2 Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract
The general space-time composition was analyzed starting in ancient times. During the previous three millenniums, to explain elementary physical phenomena, the world was twice admitted to be immersed into an “aether”. Presently the “aether” is assumed to be asymptotically close to the vacuum. This approximation is included in the foundation of the special theory of relativity.
KeywordsSpace-Time SymmetryEcclesiastesAristotleProclusGalileoMichelsonVoigt“Aether”Lorentz TransformationTheory of Relativity
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