Abstract
THE null results of experiments designed to detect motions relative to the aether gave rise to many outstanding achievements. But none of them possesses the qualities of survival to a greater degree than the work of Dr. Alfred A. Robb, which has now been republished, with certain modifications, improvements and additions. Dr. Robb, inspired by the influence of Sir Joseph Larmor, was early in the field, even before the publication of Einstein's “Restricted Theory of Relativity”. The latter's work was very unsatisfactory from a philosophical point of view, so Dr. Robb persevered until, in 1911, he was able to publish his “Optical Geometry of Motion” which contained some of the germs of his major work, finally published under the unfortunate circumstances of 1914.
Geometry of Time and Space
By Dr. Alfred A. Robb. Pp. vii + 408. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1936.) 21s. net.
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LEWIS, T. Geometry of Time and Space. Nature 137, 639–640 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137639a0
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