1896 Prediction • A prominent physicist announced it likely that no new grand underlying principles of physics would be discovered in the future
Predicted by Physicist Albert A. Michelson See Article A few years before classic physics was overturned by Einstein’s theories, Michelson made his prediction at the dedication of the Ryerson Physics Laboratory at the University of Chicago. The failed prediction has been falsely attributed to Northern Irish physicist Lord Kelvin. However, it’s Michelson who said: “While […]