On 8/20/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Anthony wrote:
That article is signed by "H. St." (Henry Sturt). See the credits page: http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tim_Starling/ScanSet_TIFF_de...
I guess EB didn't buy into the whole spacetime thing until a few years later. So much for the 11th edition being the greatest ever. (I skimmed the article, and it doesn't seem to even mention spacetime).
Anything in the 12th edition? It was really a repeat of the 11th with added supplementary volumes that are now also PD.
Nope, wasn't added 'til the 13th: "The revolution of modern physics began to be reflected in the Encyclopædia Britannica in the Twelfth Edition (1922), with James (later Sir James) H. Jeans' article on "Relativity." In the Thirteenth Edition (1926) a wholly new topic, "Space-Time," was discussed by the person most qualified in all the world to do so, Albert Einstein. The article is challenging but rewarding." http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9117889/space-time
Now here's the weird thing. I read that article yesterday, for free and without a subscription, but today it says I have to log in. I have a copy saved at home, which I'll email to anyone who sends me a private message asking for it and promising only to use it for fair use educational purposes (1926 means it's still copyrighted, I think).
I found it fairly interesting, actually. One part that sticks out is that he asserted that we never use the concept of time without also using the concept of space, and vice-versa. That's probably a horrible paraphase, though.