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In Einstein’s 1905 paper in which he describes special relativity (”On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”), there is a mention of what would happen to a clock on the equator vs. a clock at one of the poles. The clock at the equator is moving, and so should run slower. It turns out [...]
“Smart” quotes, “dumb” quotes. Nobody has explained to me why I should care, or why one is correct and the other incorrect. I think some people are caring about this a little too much.
(At the moment, I can apparently post only if I don’t use any html markups. Blogging in the [...]
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