5comments
- Albert Eienstein is very certain, stands with what he believes.
- Albert Eienstein didn't do very good in school at first, but didnt let anyone push him around
- Scientist aliances were extremely strong in the 20th century.
- Classify time as universal and people as freely moving observers.
- Lorentz suggests that bodies moving through an ether would contract and clocks will slow down.
4Questions
- What led scientists to the complete description of the universe?
- When did scientists complete the theory at Harvard?
- Would there be a big difference if the library was built without nails?
- Where did Albert Michelson and Edward Morley go to school?
3Vocabulary
- Prodigy: an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person
- Authoritarianism: political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule
- Discrepancy: ivergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference.
2Literary Devices
- Metaphor: ".. universal quantity called time that all clocks would measure".
- Metaphor: " its nature and simplicity..." (laws of nature).
1Summarizing Sentence
- This Chapter is about the conclusion of a theory by various scientists (Albert Eienstein, A. Michelson, etc...).