> On Jun 13, 8:05 am, "harry"
> wrote:

>> "Shubee" gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:29cc8825-5435-4457-9a57-a6dd13ee11b0@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>

>>> The genesis of the theory of relativity was a long process that
>>> involved three major players and their critical reactions to the
>>> electrodynamics of moving bodies.

>>
>> I put some footnotes, if that's what you're after.

>
> Yes. Thank you.
>

>>> Lorentz made a key step when he sought to develop a mechanics that
>>> would obey the principle of relativity and Maxwell's equations.
>>> Lorentz exploited the invariance properties of the fundamental
>>> equations for the interaction between electrons and fields, and thus
>>> accounted for the absence of effects of the motion of the earth
>>> through the ether, but only to a certain approximation.

>>
>> In fact it wasn't approximate, but he didn't realise that due to a
>> mistake
>> in one of his calculations.
>>

>>> Poincar