George FitzGerald (1851-1901),Irish physicist. FitzGerald was educated at Trinity College,Dublin,where he remained as a professor for the rest of his life. Although he did not publish much original work,his influence on 19th-century physics was due to his informal suggestions and dicussions with others,who would try out his ideas. FitzGerald developed the hypothesis that a body moving in an electromagnetic field contracts slightly in the direction of its motion (Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction),an idea which became an important step towards Einstein's theory of relativity | |
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