05 April 2010 | Post a Comment

On Th' Electrodynamics O' Moving Bodies

What do you do when you come across an excellent English-Pirate translator? You immediately translate Einstein's presentation of Special Relativity into Pirate-speak:
't might appear possible t' overcome all th' difficulties attendin' th' definition o' "time" by substitutin' "th' position o' th' wee hand o' me watch" fer "time." An' in fact such a definition be satisfactory when we be concerned wi' definin' a time exclusively fer th' place 'ere th' watch be located; but 'tis nay longer satisfactory when we be havin' t' connect in time series o' events occurrin' at different places, or--what comes t' th' same thing--t' evaluate th' times o' events occurrin' at places remote from th' watch. (More)
Now that's physics even a scurvy bilge-rat can understand. The entire Pirate-speak translation of "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" can be viewed here. Enjoy!

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