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The Wikipedia section which asserts the viability of the Lorentz transformation (LT) is incomplete and therefore faulty. It ignores a contradiction between two of its most famous predictions, namely proportional time dilation (TD) and remote non-simultaneity (RNS). This conclusion is justified upon consideration…

The history of Einstein's landmark introduction of the energy-mass equivalence relation is reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the role that Hamilton's Canonical Equations play in arriving at the famous E=mc2 formula. Although both Einstein and Planck derived the relativistic energy-momentum relationships…

One of the most basic principles in science is the objectivity of measurement of physical properties. According to the special theory of relativity (STR), this ancient principle is violated for observers in relative motion since it predicts that they generally will disagree on the ratios of the lengths…

It is pointed out that application of the Doppler effect to sound waves created by airplanes leads to the conclusion that when they are accelerated to the speed of sound (Mach 1), the wavelength decreases to zero (λ=0). The de Broglie relation between momentum and wavelength (p=h/λ) which was used to…

Perhaps the most well known of Einstein’s innovations in the theory of relativity is the E=mc2formula. It relates the inertial mass m of any object to its total energy content E (c is the speed of light in free space: 299792458 ms-1). Let us first see how he derived this formula in his seminal 1905 paper…

The long history of the dispute among physicists as to whether matter is composed of particles or waves is reviewed. A turning point came at the dawn of the 20th century in the form of the deBroglie momentum-wavelength and Bohr/Planck energy frequency relations. It was on this basis that Schrödinger…

A key prediction of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (STR) is Remote Non-Simultaneity (RNS). It is derived from the equation below from the Lorentz transformation (LT), which is the cornerstone of STR: Δt’ = γ(Δt –vΔx/c2) γ= (1 –v2c-2)-0.5 Einstein famously used the example of two lightning strikes…