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Igor Markov
Professor of Electrical Engr. and Computer Science (CSE Division), IEEE Fellow
Member of the Michigan Inst. for Computational Discovery & Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about our recent Nature article on limits to computation
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A quote from Chris Fuchs's paper "Quantum Mechanics as Quantum Information, Mostly"
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One could say that most of the empirical predictions of special relativity
were in place well before Einstein came onto the scene.
What was being begged for in the years between 1895 and 1905 was an
understanding of the origin of that abstract, mathematical structure --- some
simple, crisp physical statements with respect to which the necessity of the
mathematics would be indisputable. Einstein supplied that and became one of the
greatest physicists of all time. He reduced the mysterious structure of the
Lorentz transformations to two simple statements expressible in common
language:
- The speed of light in empty space is independent of the speed of its source.
- Physics should appear the same in all inertial reference frames.
Karl Pearson, "Historical note on the origin of the normal curve of errors", Biometrika 16: 402-404 [p. 403]:
The fact that Stirling showed that De Moivre's arithmetical
constant was root-2pi does not entitle him to claim the theorem.
From the Wikipedia entry for Thales
In addition to two theorems known as Thales' theorems,
Eudemus attributed to Thales the discovery that a circle is bisected by its
diameter, that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal and that
vertical angles are equal. It would be hard to imagine civilization without
these theorems.
It is possible, of course, to question whether Thales really did discover these principles. On the other hand, it is not possible to answer such doubts definitively. The sources are all that we have, even though they sometimes contradict each other. (The most we can say is that Thales knew these principles.)