Mass is an Abstraction
There is a lot of confusion around the concept of mass in physics. The most common mistake is to confuse matter for mass as if the two things are the same. However, mass is a property of matter in interaction…
Mistake of the Century
Getting rid of the aether was probably the biggest mistake in modern science. Because in doing this all sorts of trouble emerged. Mysterious weirdness The electric force, the magnetic force and gravity were suddenly mysterious actions at a distance. A…