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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
The Michelson-Morley experiment was a pivotal result which helped Einstein to ponder special relativity....and later general relativity.
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To add to this is a little known fact that Einstein built on a little known theory of Galileos called the Theory of Relativity.
Okay, Galileo was Italian and not Greek  |
Hi,
Yes, we should all recognise the work of these geniuses, however the fact is that Galileo postdates the ancient greeks by a few thousand years and if you want to talk about a Golden Age of science if you count all the scientists at work in the late 19th and 20th centuries then the total you arrive at would far surpass many times over the entire population of ancient Greece and Italy in galieo's time.
So yes, the work of the ancients can be held in awe but it should be seen in perspective of the huge body of work created in modern times.
Paul