16.283 trivial problems are all that remain

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty (w.mccarty@btinternet.com)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 02:43:49 EDT

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             Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:40:55 +0100
             From: Willard McCarty <w.mccarty@btinternet.com>
             Subject: trivial problems are all that remain

    Textbooks in physics that discuss relativity will typically say (if memory
    serves) that just before Einstein changed things in 1905 it was commonly
    thought that only a few relatively trivial problems remained to be solved.
    Can anyone quote me chapter-and-verse, preferably by some respected figure?

    Thanks very much.

    Yours,
    WM

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