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, 18:24, October 16, 2009→Quantum Field Theory/Changes to the Intro: The transistor inventors used Maxwells equations, a relativisitic theory
:::::::::: I'm all for correcting "falsehoods", but let's start with your own comments. You say, "Without relativity, there is no QED, and no understanding of modern electronics." That's just wrong, historically and logically. The inventors of the transistor at Bell Labs had probably never even taken a course in relativity, let alone used it. Relativity does not come up in the basic QM courses taught in college. Virtually no papers about electronics even mention relativity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:52, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::: I'm all for correcting "falsehoods", but let's start with your own comments. You say, "Without relativity, there is no QED, and no understanding of modern electronics." That's just wrong, historically and logically. The inventors of the transistor at Bell Labs had probably never even taken a course in relativity, let alone used it. Relativity does not come up in the basic QM courses taught in college. Virtually no papers about electronics even mention relativity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:52, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::: The transistor inventors used Maxwells equations, a relativisitic theory. Yes, you can learn basic QM (eg, Heisenberg, Schodinger, von Neumann) theory without relativity, but you need relativity for QED (eg, Dirac, Feynman). There is no understanding of quantum fields, except using relativity. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 14:24, 16 October 2009 (EDT)