Writing just before relativity swept the idea away, Sir Oliver Lodge sets out the theory of the luminiferous ether: why light seemed to need a medium, how the ether might connect the stars, the experiments on motion through it, including his own, and its possible relation to matter and electricity. It is a clear record of a great scientific idea at its last stand.
Fascinating for historians of physics and readers curious about ideas science left behind. Download the free EPUB.