GEM Blog 19: Julian Barbour Versus Minkowski and Me

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Channel: Doug Sweetser · 2011 · Science & Technology

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This is a dramatic reading of the blog "Julian Barbour versus Minkowski and I" by the Stand-Up Physicist, available at Science20.com. Background information is provided about the independent physics researcher Julian Barbour of Oxfordshire, England. Minkowski's famous quote about spacetime is repeated, the dividing line between Julian and I. His equation for time is shown to vary its form for different inertial observers, and thus not be a valid physics equation. A dimensionless alternative for spacetime is provided.

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