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@PhysInHistory Mach was a very deep thinker, even if ultimately wrong about atoms. His analysis of angular momentum - water in a rotating bucket becomes concave not because of its motion in absolute space, but its motion relative to the collective mass of the universe - influen 298 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@PhysInHistory No doubt there are theoretical physics hypotheses that are currently controversial due to incompleteness of the theory and limited empirical data, that will turn out to be correct. My speculation is one of these is Emergent Gravity and more specifcally Entropic Gr 339 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@PhysInHistory Boltzmann was great. Period. 133 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
The Great Atom Debate: Boltzmann vs. Mach ✍️ In the late 19th century, physicist Ludwig Boltzmann fiercely defended the reality of atoms, using them to explain entropy and thermodynamics. Ernst Mach, a prominent philosopher and physicist, opposed the idea, arguing that atoms htt
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What the audience does

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