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The Theory of Relativity in Relation to Scientific Method1

Nature volume 109, pages 381–382 (1922)Cite this article

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SOME interesting criticisms of the theory of relativity have been advanced recently by M. Paul Painleve, in two papers in the Comptes rendus de l'Academic des Sciences de Paris.2 M. Painlevé attacks the theory as it at present stands, on grounds which are of general scientific interest. He criticises the expression for ds, the element of length adopted by Einstein,

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WRINCH, D. The Theory of Relativity in Relation to Scientific Method1. Nature 109, 381–382 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109381a0

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