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关于爱因斯坦和洛仑兹的争论

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最近新语丝上有网友争论爱因斯坦的狭义相对论到底是否参考了洛仑兹的工作。
其实这个问题在Wikipedia上有专门的条目：Relativity priority dispute，建
议争论的各方先看看这个条目里面提供的素材再发表见解为好，至少不要在一些
“确定无疑”的问题上浪费脑子。

地址：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_disputes_about_Einstein_and_the_
relativity_theories。

下面摘录部分关键的内容。

“确定无疑”的共识：

Einstein's Elektrodynamik paper [Ein05c] contains no references to 
other literature. It does mention Lorentz, but only in §9, part II, 
in connection with the treatment of the electromagnetic field. 
Poincare is not mentioned. 

有争议的说法：

Lorentz' paper [Lor04] containing the transformations bearing his name 
appeared in 1904. The question is whether Einstein was familiar with 
this paper in 1905, and whether these are the transformations that 
Einstein was referring to.

重要文献：

[Ein05c] Albert Einstein: Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper, Annalen 
der Physik 17(1905), 891-921. Received June 30, published September 26, 
1905. Reprinted with comments in [Sta89], p. 276-306 （英文全文：
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/)

[Lor04] Lorentz, H. A. (1904) "Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System 
Moving with Any Velocity Less Than That of Light", Proc. Acad. Science 
Amsterdam, IV, 669-78. 

[Sta89] John Stachel (Ed.), The collected papers of Albert Einstein, 
volume 2, Princeton University Press, 1989 

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