The word postulate of relativity... appears to me very stale... I should rather like to give this statement the name Postulate of the absolute world. (Hermann Minkowski)

The word postulate of relativity... appears to me very stale... I should rather like to give this statement the name Postulate of the absolute world.

Hermann Minkowski

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