G. F. FitzGerald
He conceived the "FitzGerald contraction" to explain the failure of a celebrated experiment to detect the aether. He died in 1901, too soon to know that his notion led to the theory of relativity
He conceived the "FitzGerald contraction" to explain the failure of a celebrated experiment to detect the aether. He died in 1901, too soon to know that his notion led to the theory of relativity