Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Homepage of Prof. André Koch Assis: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis/
0:00:20 Introduction
0:02:21 Working in 2023 at Augsburg University on Weber’s Electrodynamics
0:03:00 Newtons own "Machian" concerns
0:04:23 The meaning of the acceleration in Newton’s second law of motion
0:06:00 Leibniz against Newton’s concept of absolute empty space
0:07:10 Performing Newton’s bucket experiment
0:11:25 The concavity of the water is due to the rotation of the bucket relative to what?
0:19:37 Mach’s critique of Newtonian concepts
0:23:43 Mach: the concavity of the water is due to its rotation relative to the distant masses
0:24:10 Mach’s famous thought experiment: Influence of distant stars?
0:29:50 Predictions according to Newton and Mach and the subtle difference.
0:32:45 Galileo’s free fall experiment and the anticipation of the equivalcence principle
0:38:28 The gravitational constant G and Mach’s principle: inertia and gravity
0:42:20 Dirac’s large number hypothesis
0:43:25 Schrödinger’s paper of 1925 on Mach’s principle
0:44:40 Sciama 1953, Dicke 1957 and Einstein 1911
0:46:45 Newton’s prediction of the flattening of the Earth due to its diurnal rotation
0:51:10 Thought experiment: What would happen to the shape of the Earth?
0:52:40 The rotating universe : Opposite predictions of Newton and Mach.
0:56:37 Foucault’s pendulum experiment
1:02:00 The remarkable coincidence people usually do not reflect upon.
1:07:10 What would be the shape of the Earth without distant galaxies?
1:09:20 Einstein’s general theory of relativity does not implement Mach’s principle
1:11:00 Ernst Mach rejected explicitly Einstein’s theory of relativity
1:14:45 Relational Mechanics and Mach’s Principle with Weber’s Gravitational Force
1:16:10 English translation of Weber’s works on electrodynamics
1:16:45 Unification of gravitation with electromagnetism
1:19:20 Local experiments with Newton’s bucket
First talk with André Koch Assis: youtube.com/watch?v=vVJ3WHft9d8
playlist Mach's principle and variable speed of light:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFdjtNRUXCljnKJLKxN9oS2m6MbMbQPQf
Schrödinger's 1925 paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19253821109
Sciama's 1953 paper; academic.oup.com/mnras/article/113/1/34/2602000
Dicke's 1957 paper:
journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.29.363
Mind also my backup channel:
odysee.com/@TheMachian:c
My books: amazon.com/Alexander-Unzicker/e/B00DQCRYYY
Homepage of Prof. André Koch Assis: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis/
0:00:20 Introduction
0:02:21 Working in 2023 at Augsburg University on Weber’s Electrodynamics
0:03:00 Newtons own "Machian" concerns
0:04:23 The meaning of the acceleration in Newton’s second law of motion
0:06:00 Leibniz against Newton’s concept of absolute empty space
0:07:10 Performing Newton’s bucket experiment
0:11:25 The concavity of the water is due to the rotation of the bucket relative to what?
0:19:37 Mach’s critique of Newtonian concepts
0:23:43 Mach: the concavity of the water is due to its rotation relative to the distant masses
0:24:10 Mach’s famous thought experiment: Influence of distant stars?
0:29:50 Predictions according to Newton and Mach and the subtle difference.
0:32:45 Galileo’s free fall experiment and the anticipation of the equivalcence principle
0:38:28 The gravitational constant G and Mach’s principle: inertia and gravity
0:42:20 Dirac’s large number hypothesis
0:43:25 Schrödinger’s paper of 1925 on Mach’s principle
0:44:40 Sciama 1953, Dicke 1957 and Einstein 1911
0:46:45 Newton’s prediction of the flattening of the Earth due to its diurnal rotation
0:51:10 Thought experiment: What would happen to the shape of the Earth?
0:52:40 The rotating universe : Opposite predictions of Newton and Mach.
0:56:37 Foucault’s pendulum experiment
1:02:00 The remarkable coincidence people usually do not reflect upon.
1:07:10 What would be the shape of the Earth without distant galaxies?
1:09:20 Einstein’s general theory of relativity does not implement Mach’s principle
1:11:00 Ernst Mach rejected explicitly Einstein’s theory of relativity
1:14:45 Relational Mechanics and Mach’s Principle with Weber’s Gravitational Force
1:16:10 English translation of Weber’s works on electrodynamics
1:16:45 Unification of gravitation with electromagnetism
1:19:20 Local experiments with Newton’s bucket
First talk with André Koch Assis: youtube.com/watch?v=vVJ3WHft9d8
playlist Mach's principle and variable speed of light:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFdjtNRUXCljnKJLKxN9oS2m6MbMbQPQf
Schrödinger's 1925 paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19253821109
Sciama's 1953 paper; academic.oup.com/mnras/article/113/1/34/2602000
Dicke's 1957 paper:
journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.29.363
Mind also my backup channel:
odysee.com/@TheMachian:c
My books: amazon.com/Alexander-Unzicker/e/B00DQCRYYY
