Evening star., 1930-06-17
E|NSTE|N EVOLVES
NEW SPACE THESIS
viii Remain as Only Theory
of Reality, Scientist Tells
Power ParIey.
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, June 11.-SeVeral thousand
power celebrities. including some 200
Americans, yesterday heard DR.. Albert
Einstein, famed theoretical physicist
and author of the theory of relativity,
unfold his newer thesis of the reality Of
space.
The great German scientist uttered
his new theory for the first time pub
licly in his own land. He said its es-
sence was that space, birthplace Of all
matter and thought, having been
brought into reality by Sir Isaac New
ton, has in the last few decades "swal-
lowed up the ether and time and is
corpuscular theory, too, SO that space
will remain as the only theory repre-
senting reality"
All ideas of light, time, the ether and
related phenomena, the scientist de-
clared, will be absorbed in the all-in-
elusive concert of space.
He said the theory had eliminated
from the ether the last vestige Of ma
teriality."
idea Evolved While iii.
DIR. EinStein's hearers, with the ex-
ception of the scientists, seemed un-
able to comprehend his words and so
he went over some Of his exposition, 30
that his new theory might be made
perfectly clear"
The space idea was the one he said
recently he had evolved while i'll In
bed. HE said If one compared two
elements in space they were regarded
only as to size" He said there was q
further element-"you can also COM
pare those elements in the matter Of
direction"
Space, Dr. Einstein said, must be re-
garded as primary and matter as sec
ondary, being derived from it. His new
/ theory holds that space, having origi-
mated matter, now has turned around
and is eating it up-"having its re-
venge."
In his early remarks, Prof. Einstein
said:
while 1t is logical to rely upon the
senses, and their reactions, for building
up a theory of the physics of the uni
verse, nevertheless, since men are hui
man, all theories must be based In some
degree upon the experience of their
senses.
Greeks Dealt With Solids.
"In pre-scientific days thinking of a
| finite world of solid bodies formed the
the sense Of mems experience to q logi-
cal system.
THE Greeks thought in terms of the
| relative positions of solid bodies and
built their mathematics upon few
elements such as the point, the plane,
| the line and distance.
They dealt with solid objects and
their relative positions. To Descartes
Is given the credit for first introducing
the idea Of continuous space. This,
added to Newton's mechanics, made a
fairly complete conception of Descar-
| tian space.
"At that rooroept snana hacorn. .
| physical reality. Next came studies of
light and the introduction of the con-
| cert of the ether. To this was added
the destroying influence of the Faraday
and Maxwell electromagnetic fields
These fields could not be included in
the Newtonian concert of ponderable
matter and a ponderable ether
! DR.. Einstein then explained how his
special theory Of relativity established
the fact that space and time must be
united In single four-dimensional con-
tinuinl. DR.. Einstein's theory postulateo
that time and space are not the vessel
for the universe but could not exist a,
all II there were no bodies contained In
them.
| Merely Different Aspects.
Physicists formerly had ATTEMPTED tc
describe natural phenomena by theil
| relation to time, space, inertia Rrayita-
ton, light and electricity. The German
scientist showed that these must be
considered as merely different aspects
OF single unity.
Relatively, as Dr. Einstein used the
word, means that there is no possibility
of measuring absolute time, distance ol
mass. DR.. E1nSte1n had been workine
on solution of the correlation between
the laws Of electricity and those ol
graitation.
"The conception Of sin1uItaneou.
events" he said. did not conform with
reality.
mo absolute character can b.
ascribed to speed, to acceleration or Il
the idea Of an inertial system by which
nature opposes change of motion or de-
fleets or reverses motion"
"A complete relativity theory" DR.
Einstein said, must embrace all gaus
sian magnetic measurement and CO.
ordinate systems in a four -dimensiona
space. Space thus loses its absolut,
character.
Like EIectromagnetic Field.
"It is changeable and can be infiu
enced. 1t Is analogous in structure u
the electromagnetic field"
Until DR.. Einstein developed his rela
tivity theory it had been believed tina
time and space existed of themselves
even II there were nothing else-no sun
no moon, no stars.
DR.. EnStein recently said, seemingl
referring to his theory of relativity, tina
his colleagues were not in agreemen
] with him on certain points and evel
went to the extent Of considering hin
mentally unbalanced -
Nevertheless" he said. i hays TAT