Post by LaurenceClarkCrossenPost by J. J. LodderPost by LaurenceClarkCrossenPost by J. J. LodderPost by rhertzPost by J. J. LodderPost by LaurenceClarkCrossenPost by J. J. LodderPost by LaurenceClarkCrossenHow did Einstein Develop his Field Equations?
A. He admitted having little math and no ability in non-Euclidean
geometry.
B. He always relied on someone else to do his math.
C. He denied getting it from Hilbert.
D. He never said who he got it from.
He stole them from Hilbert.
Hilbert disagreed,
Jan
Here are two other versions of the quote;
"Every street boy in Gottingen knows as much elliptical geometry as
Einstein. But the equations are his."
"Every boy in the streets of Gottingen understands more about
four-dimensional geometry than Einstein. Yet, in spite of that, Einstein
did the work and not the mathematicians." — David Hilbert
There is only one way to interpret this. That is Hilbert pointing out
that obviously Einstein did not invent the field equations because he
could not.
That is your way, and it is obviously wrong.
Hilbert chides his fellow mathematicians, and hence himself,
for not having found the correct equation of general relativity,
despite their superior technical skills.
In spite of that it was Einstein who got there.
You may guess what Hilbert did next: (see the ref supplied by RH)
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On December 4th, Hilbert even nominated Einstein for election as a
corresponding member of the Göttingen Mathematical Society.
(So to his own backyard, where all those superior Gottingen
mathematicians dwelt. It was the highest honour he could bestow
personally)
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Just what you would expect Hilbert to do,
if he considered Einstein an incompetent bungler
who had just stolen his results.
You had better forget about all this.
You are wrong about it, period.
Jan
Stop talking idiocies,
[snip abuse, and new irrelevancies]
Do you deny that the text I quoted is in the reference you gave?
Jan
Everyone can plainly understand Hilbert was pointing out that Einstein
was not competent to have thought up the field equations. It is utterly
deceitful to think otherwise. You are so deluded.
Everyone who is not wearing your blinders can see what Hilbert said,
and what he intended.
He praised Einstein for having found the field equations,
despite his initial lack of the mathematical toolkit needed for it.
Einstein created and learned for himself whatever was needed.
BTW, in a later note Hilbert expressed admiration,
and a bit of jealousy, at Einsten's ease and speed
in deriving the Mercury precession from the field equations.
"If only I could calculate like you..."
Jan
As usual, you are not the slightest bit persuasive. "...towards the end
of his life Einstein admitted to: 'Having been an unscrupulous
opportunist.'"- ibid p. 38.
Not all the history can be erased. About his "1905 papers":
1) The Journal Annalen der Physik was at the center of the multilevel
plot.
2) Willy Wien was the Chief Editor for Experimental Physics and Max
Planck was the Chief Editor for THEORETICAL PHYSICS at the journal. YET,
it was Wien, who had many unsolved issues with Planck, who authorized
the first paper (photoelectric effect). The paper was used to TRASH
Planck since page 1. Wien (a Nobel Prize by then) HAD ALL THE CONTACTS
with every physicist in Europe, and in particular with Lenard (another
Nobel Prize), who discovered and documented the photoelectric effect on
metals under UV radiation. This paper IS THE ONLY ONE that cites many,
many references and, CLEARLY, WAS NOT WRITTEN BY EINSTEIN but by Wien.
He tried to downplay the value of Planck's "h" by INVENTING a new
constant, and negating "h" along all the paper, except in a brief
section. He also INSINUATED that "h" was wrong.
3) After this first paper, Wien and Drude authorized a second paper,
which plagiarized several other papers in different countries about the
brownian movement.
4) The THIRD ONE (SR) was a plagiarism of years of work of Lorentz,
Poincaré and others, and is treated separately along with the fourth one
(E=mc^2).
5) Wien also awarded Einstein with a job, in 1905, to CRITICIZE 19
papers submitted to the Annalen, for which Einstein received a nice
amount of money.
Merits so far? NONE. Einstein's relationship with physics community?
NONE.
Einstein and his wife wrote the reviews. They needed the money badly.
6) When he was a little more known, by 1907, told to a journalist that
criticized his custom to NOT CITE REFERENCES: I'm not obliged to do so.
7) Read here HOW Poincaré ANTICIPATED Einstein AND Minkowski by years.
Also watch how Poincaré's notation IS WHAT IS USED TODAY. Poincaré
credited Lorentz for his work, and named the transforms as Lorentz
Transforms, after getting rid of the ether reference (which Einstein
plagiarized from BOTH).
Deux Mémoires de Henri Poincaré sur la Physique Mathématique
https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Deux_M%C3%A9moires_de_Henri_Poincar%C3%A9_sur_la_Physique_Math%C3%A9matique
8) Einstein PLAGIARIZED von Soldner's theory about starlight deflection
(1801), Voigt's theory about wave equations transforms (1887), Gerber's
theory about Mercury (1897), Hilbert's development of GR field equation
(1915), AND APPROPIATED THE DUE CREDITS TO Besso (Mercury, 1913) and
Grossman's ENTIRE MATHEMATICAL BODY of GR (1913). Also DENIED the
generous help given by Levi-Civita during 1915 (letters are missing) AND
Schwarzschild (same year).
There is also a quarrel due to plagiarism of the work of a female
physicist (1909) about thermodynamics, a history behind the 18"/cy by
making one of his slaves to use Nordstrom's theory (1913), a denial
about the contributions of Lorentz and Ehrenfest during 1915, took
advantage Pick in 1912, Bose in 1922. The LIST is too long to write
here.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN. Plagiarist of the Century
http://allais.maurice.free.fr/English/Einstein1.htm
Note by the webmaster
I wish to add some personal remarks to the above article.
These remarks relate to the political climate prevailing between France
and Germany during these years which preceded the First World War. It
was really a very bad climate which may bring some light on the
misbehavior of the young Einstein (26 years old). He may have been
manipulated by his editors, who bear an overwhelming responsibility.
Obviously, the plagiarism in 1905 by Einstein of Lorentz's and Poincaré
's ideas has necessitated the entire complicity of the editors of the
Annalen der Physik.
Yet, it is somewhat difficult to admit that Einstein could not know the
work of Poincaré. But as regards the editors, this is strictly
impossible.
How these people belonging to the medium of the scientific editions
could make such a filoutery with regard to a scientist as eminent and
known over the world as was Poincaré? How could they admit publishing
the paper of Einstein not comprising any reference, whereas it is an
absolute rule practiced internationally in editions of this kind,
violating thus knowingly and deliberately the ethics of their own
profession?
It is interesting to remind the political climate between France and
Germany in these years which preceded the First World War. It cannot in
any way be an excuse, but it may be an explanation.
Let's remind :
<snip text about the international context by 1905, targeting France>
It results from what precedes that the Franco-German climate in 1904 and
1905 was more than hateful. Already maintained by the question of Alsace
Lorraine, all were ready to fight and one can be assured that the public
opinions of the two countries followed these events with passion.
In this context, to diddle Poincaré was a kind of revenge that a small
editor offered to his country against these Frenchmen who tread on their
toes…
But it must also be said that Einstein accepted it without any scruple
and never expressed any remorse...
With regard to the editor of Annalen der Physik, the physicist Paul
DRUDE, it should be known that he committed suicide the following year
in July 1906.
All the German scientists certainly knew about the plagiarism
and it is probable that many of them become indignant about it. DRUDE
had to
become aware of the hugeness of his fault and drew to the conclusions.
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