Newton vs. Einstein (No Who)

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

> The way this theory goes is
> that genius happens on the finges, generally where two cultures
> collide, and that everything else is pretty much exploration and
> development of that genius.  He provided a number of examples, the most
> notable being the young patent clerk that everyone thought was retarded
> who replaced Newton's theories (or paradigm) with the General Theory of
> Relativity.  


Einstein's relativity theories didn't "replace" Newton's theories; they sort of
fine tuned them.  Newton's equations still work perfectly well today dealing
with motion on a large scale.  NASA uses these basic Newtonian equations
everytime they plan a space flight.

Relativity helps explain some of the "small-scale" fluctuations that occur with-
in Newton's theories.  However, Einstein's relativity theory *is* the grander 
of the two.  It's more exact & has been proven through experiment many,
many times.  It "encompasses" Newton's theories.


- SCHRADE in Akron