← Back to context Comment by dchftcs 4 months ago Einstein published his relativity papers originally in German. 5 comments dchftcs Reply CamperBob2 4 months ago German was the lingua franca of physics at the time, so to speak.Starting in the 1930s, though, that tradition began to change... for reasons that I'm sure won't ever apply to American English. Nosirree, Bob, we're special. Great, even. sorokod 4 months ago A relevant quote from David Hilbert:"Mathematics in Göttingen?" Hilbert repiled. "There is really none any more."https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilb... ggm 4 months ago > German was the lingua francaA finer expression of the matter cannot be made. barrenko 4 months ago The only constant is constant change. kirubakaran 4 months ago And even that's not constant sometimes.
CamperBob2 4 months ago German was the lingua franca of physics at the time, so to speak.Starting in the 1930s, though, that tradition began to change... for reasons that I'm sure won't ever apply to American English. Nosirree, Bob, we're special. Great, even. sorokod 4 months ago A relevant quote from David Hilbert:"Mathematics in Göttingen?" Hilbert repiled. "There is really none any more."https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilb... ggm 4 months ago > German was the lingua francaA finer expression of the matter cannot be made. barrenko 4 months ago The only constant is constant change. kirubakaran 4 months ago And even that's not constant sometimes.
sorokod 4 months ago A relevant quote from David Hilbert:"Mathematics in Göttingen?" Hilbert repiled. "There is really none any more."https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilb...
barrenko 4 months ago The only constant is constant change. kirubakaran 4 months ago And even that's not constant sometimes.
German was the lingua franca of physics at the time, so to speak.
Starting in the 1930s, though, that tradition began to change... for reasons that I'm sure won't ever apply to American English. Nosirree, Bob, we're special. Great, even.
A relevant quote from David Hilbert:
"Mathematics in Göttingen?" Hilbert repiled. "There is really none any more."
https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/2486/source-for-hilb...
> German was the lingua franca
A finer expression of the matter cannot be made.
The only constant is constant change.
And even that's not constant sometimes.