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On thought experiments: Mach and Einstein (Part I)

History and Philosophy of Physics 2020-03-11 v1

Abstract

This paper will attempt to show that the Doppler principle was of major relevance to Einstein for the genesis of the special theory of relativity.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04764,
  title  = {On thought experiments: Mach and Einstein (Part I)},
  author = {Eren Simsek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04764},
  year   = {2020}
}

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