| numberwang said: Take a physics book form a hundred years ago and think about all the true facts |
Ehhhhh.... I don't think any of that is right.
By 1917 there were experiments already being conducted about the existence of protons and neutrons. At that point, they knew atoms could be divided.
There was no concensus that the milky way was all of the universe. The more common theory (proposed in the 1500) was that the universe was infinite. So there were questions about it before then. Einstein was the one who brought the idea of a finite universe into prominence.
I believe the theory of lumineferous aether was not that light is moving aether, but that aether was a medium through which light could travel. There was still debate over lights as particles or waves, and I don't think the theory was ever touted as fact. Either way, the Michaelson-Morley experiments tested for aether in the 1800s, and effectively disproved the theory, or at the very least cast extreme doubt.
