William Lucas Questions Einstein
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | William Lucas Questions Einstein |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2018-11-17 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | relativity, sociology of science |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"William Lucas Questions Einstein" is a short piece by David de Hilster published on 17 November 2018 on Beyond Mainstream. It is a brief note, marked by the author as a fuller story still to come.
It records the moment Charles William Lucas, then a rising physicist recognised by the US government, gave a talk examining relativity. Before he had left the stage fellow students told him his career was over; when he answered that he was right and there were real problems with relativity, the reply was that it did not matter — one simply did not do that. De Hilster observes that without that day Lucas would not have done the work he went on to do.