...by questioning the notions of "position" and "space." If a stone is dropped from the moving train, "do the 'positions' traversed by the stone lie 'in...Moreover, what is meant here by motion 'in space' "(9)? His definitions of position and space, which he founded on classical, Euclidean geometry have...

...disregarding the influence of the air resistance, I see the stone descend in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that...Moreover, what is meant here by motion "in space"? ... In the first place we entirely shun the vague word "space," of which, we must honestly acknowledge,...

...disregarding the influence of air resistance, I see the stone descend in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that..."in reality" on a straight line or on a parabola? [Einstein, 1945] demand imagination and creativity. The best scientists and engineers use them. Analogies...

...without throwing it. Then, disregarding the influence of the air resistance, I see the stone falls to the Earth in a parabolic curve. I now ask: 'do the "positions...Moreover, what is meant here by motion "in space"? .... The stone traverses a straight line relative to a system of co-ordinates rigidly attached to the...

...effect of air resistance, I see the stone fall in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the event from the footpath notices that the stone falls to earth in a parabolic curve. I now ask: Do the 'points' traversed by the stone 'in reality' form a straight line or a parabola?" (Einstein, 9). So...

...disregarding the influence of the air resistance, I see the stone descend in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that...stone lie 'in reality' on a straight line or on a parabola?"2 The answer depends of course on one's choice of perspective, that is, on where one fixes...

...'which is travelling uniformly and drop a stone on the embankment without throwing it. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that the stone falls to earth in a parabolic curve.'38 Einstein uses the railway carriage and the footpath on the embankment as the two co-ordinates...

...disregarding the influence of the air resistance, I see the stone descend in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that...the answer is self-evident. In the first place, we 13 entirely shun the vague word "space," of which, we must honestly acknowledge, we cannot form the...

...disregarding the influence of the air resistance, I see the stone descend in a straight line. A pedestrian who observes the misdeed from the footpath notices that...Moreover, what is meant here by motion 'in space'? (Einstein 1961:9) Einstein goes on to argue that we cannot make much sense of the idea of motion 'in...