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tinue to form one after the other. In the first half of the 20th century, the Theory of Relativity was developed and many theories of the scientific world were measured with the new meter of relativity Newton's Theory of Gravitation, which removed most of the difficulties of the modern geography, could not stand the test of 'relativity' There was a conflict between 'only' and 'also', regarding the motion of the sun and the earth 1e whether 'only' the sun is in motion or the earth 'also' is in motion Einstein put forward a new point of view He said, "Rest and motion are merely relative 17 "Nature is such that it is impossible to determine absolute motion by any experiment whatever 18 The clear view of Theory of Relativity regarding the question 'whether the earth is moving relative to the sun or the sun is moving relative to the earth' is that, "The relative motion of the members of the solar system may be explained on the older gcocentric mode and on the other introduced by Copernicus Both are legitimate and give a correct description of the motion but the Coperniccun is for the simpler Around a fixed earth the sun and the moon describe almost circular paths but the paths of sun's planets and of their satellites are complex curly lines difficult for the mind to grasp and awkward to deal with in calculation; while around a fixed sun the more important paths are almost circular."""
The Mystorous Universe, p 79.
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Relativity and common sense by Danton
