Passed the exam!
I passed the exam! That sounds quite good though it wasn't as good as I expected it to be! But I talked a bit with my examiners after it and they told me that it's not that important! The important exams for me will be done in about 3 - 4 semesters!
Now I'm kind of depressed because I did a better job in my eyes... Its just that I couldn't explain two important physical effects which are very important for the whole modern physics... I will look them up later of course because I will need them definitely some time! For those who want to know: the first thing I forgot was that Michelson wanted to measure the speed of light ( and the speed of the earth realative of the ether )... I could somehow explain the experiment but that's something every physicist should know... The second thing was the interference with grids... I didn't know the outcome... ok, that doesn't sound like much for 35 minutes but as this is very important, my grade suffered with it...
But it's ok! I mean I passed! What else do I really need at this point?
Frank
Aus dem damaligen Austausch
Historische Kommentare
congrats! :)
besides, there is no such thing as 'ether' for any wave-like movement :) - but yes, you know that *g*
imagine earth move around in some wackelpudding :)
Actually even Einstein said that there IS such a thing like an ether but it's not the way we think it is...
Quote from Einstein:
"“Zusammenfassend können wir sagen: Nach der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie ist der Raum mit physikalischen Qualitäten ausgestattet; es existiert also in diesem Sinne ein Äther. Gemäß der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie ist ein Raum ohne Äther undenkbar; denn in einem solchen gäbe es nicht nur keine Lichtfortpflanzung, sondern auch keine Existenzmöglichkeit von Maßstäben und Uhren, also auch keine räumlich-zeitlichen Entfernungen im Sinne der Physik. Dieser Äther darf aber nicht mit der für ponderable Medien charakteristischen Eigenschaft ausgestattet gedacht werden, aus durch die Zeit verfolgbaren Teilen zu bestehen; der Bewegungsbegriff darf auf ihn nicht angewendet werden.”"
But the way I meant it above was the historical way, like they thought the ether would exists in a way like sound goes on in the air...
and the way i said there was no ether was because i knew that you knew that there is no ether in the historical sense. which proves, we're talking rubbish and should definitely get a life. also, who the fuck is einstein? +g+
the way i said there was no ether was because i knew that you knew that there is no ether in the historical sense. which means, we're just talking rubbish here and should definitely get a life. also, who the fuck is einstein? +g+