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Was Einstein Wrong??

Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast

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Hartley and the Theory of Relativity

Harley held fast to the older ideas of newtonian mechanics and james clerk maxwell's electromagnetic models. He believed that relativity was an unnecessary and incorrect model. What hartley would develop and continue promoting until his death in 19 70, was a mechanical view of gravity. It placed the ether firmly at the centre of the question of how ies in space interacted,. rendering action at a distance unnecessary.

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