Albert Einstein Feels Compelled to Defend a Book For Which He Had Written the Forward, When He Is Quoted Passages Insinuating That Relativity Is Not a Measurable Phenomenon, As Einstein’s Work Maintains
In a previously unknown letter, he justifies the forward, though admitting the book contains "flimsy philosophical remarks”, by saying he had been "impressed by some well written passages”
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In a letter that cuts to the heart of Einstein's Relativity, the scientist feels compelled to defend a book for which he he had written the forward. The book contained passages implying that his theory was not a measurable phenonemon. Einstein had contended the opposite and based his theories on the fact that they could be tested in the real world. In this previously unknown letter, he justifies the forward, though admitting the book contains "flimsy philosophical remarks”, by saying he had been "impressed by some well written passages.” He tells his young correspondent, "You hit a sensitive spot with your letter of March 1st." Visit the piece of view the video:
