Special Relativity's Heel of Achilles: the Units of Measurements
Year: 2000 Pages: 8
Keywords: Special Relativity, Units, Measurement, velocity of light
Max Born?s opinion - that "special" relativity theory (SRT) were anchored in experiment - notwithstanding, the importance of measurement units has been repeatedly pointed out. The quotations listed below shed light on the origin of contradictory interpretations of SRT and provide the ground for rejecting it as irrelevant for physics.