Einstein

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani links Einstein first of all to relativity, which he presents as one of the two revolutions in twentieth-century physics. He stresses one point: it limits the range of validity of Newton's law and enriches it without refuting it1. He also points out that the relativity of motion goes back to Galileo, which Einstein knew2. He cites the equation E = mc², in which he sees a "posthumous triumph of German idealism": mass becomes a potential rather than an inertia3. In 2021 he reads *The Evolution of Physics* closely. He takes from it the idea that physical concepts are free creations of the mind, together with the puzzle of how mathematics applies to reality: what is astonishing is that the world is such that it can be known4. From 2023 onward he often repeats Einstein's remark that, after a third world war, the fourth would be fought with stones. He sees in it the risk of an unprecedented regression5. He also cites Einstein about the talents swallowed up by working-class poverty.

1. 19 #11 Comment des sciences de l'histoire peuvent-elles être réelles?7 Jan 2021 · 10:28
2. 2L'Histoire est elle une matière ?9 Mar 2017 · 51:07
3. 3Mann (Thomas)23 Oct 2019 · 1:41:53
4. 49 #20 Du SIGNAL au SIGNE • Einstein28 Apr 2021 · 1:08:41
5. 5Leur "Europe", c'est la guerre.28 Feb 2026 · 23:27

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