tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post8713487063138113436..comments2024-03-27T19:47:13.475-07:00Comments on Dark Buzz: No technology uses curved spacetimeRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-16895748118465824872012-04-11T23:32:01.846-07:002012-04-11T23:32:01.846-07:00Minkowski proposed spacetime, and non-Euclidean ge...Minkowski proposed spacetime, and non-Euclidean geometry, but he died in 1909 and no one talked about curved spacetime until several years later.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-36421510939633576992012-04-11T23:22:03.592-07:002012-04-11T23:22:03.592-07:00>> Grossmann proposed it in 1913
Having re...>> Grossmann proposed it in 1913 <br /><br />Having read your Einstein book, even paying scant attention thereto while doing so, I was thinking you were going to make that above-cited thought something like "Minkowski proposed it in 1908" or "Minkowski proposed it in 1907". But you instead refer to Grossman. (?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-26669493299255493152012-04-04T12:30:30.872-07:002012-04-04T12:30:30.872-07:00I note your critic's last comment:-
"And...I note your critic's last comment:-<br /><br />"And, surely, you must have better ways to use your time than to to cross swords with an old and retired physicist, who has free time on his hands and a bad attitude against revisionist mathematicians."<br /><br />I think you proved your point but he does not seem willing to concede with good grace.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com