On 22 May 2014 23:36, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:25:06 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: > >> On 22 May 2014 11:18, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 5/21/2014 3:44 PM, LizR wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, I was indeed thinking of the superhero Bicycle Repair Man when I >>>> wrote that. >>>> >>>> However I'm not so keen on deifying the Wright brothers when they were >>>> just two in a long line of people in many countries who gradually developed >>>> powered flight. They did make a significant improvement, of course, but >>>> there were plenty of others who helped pave the way to modern aeroplanes >>>> (including one somewhat dubious claim from New Zealand) >>>> >>> >>> Interestingly in the context of this thread, one of the Wright brother's >>> main contributions was their systematic (dare I say "scientific") approach >>> using a wind tunnel to study air foils. >>> >> >> Yes, and I believe that led them to invent a much improved control >> system. (They were very important in the history of flight. I only object >> to claims that they were the sole pioneers, when there were dozens of >> others who also contributed.) >> > > but apparently have no problem in the case of Einstein (snip snip snip!) >
Who has no problem, how, when, where, what are you talking about? I believe Einstein got some of his ideas for SR from various sources (hence Lorentz invariance, Fitzgerald contraction, etc). I don't know about Brownian motion or the photoelectric effect or GR, though. Is that something to do with your comment? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
