Harald Nordenson

Who was Harald Nordenson?

Harald Nordenson was born in Göttingen, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in 1914 at Uppsala University, where he served as Assistant Professor in physical chemistry 1914-1919. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1948 and chairman or member in different industrial, political and cultural boards, Nordenson held positions in industry as technical director and CEO. He wrote his first book about Einstein’s theories in Swedish in 1922, which developed into his 1969 English book, Relativity, Time and Reality . He studied the philosophy of Hägerström and Phalèn, and describes also their opinions about Einstein’s theories in his book, together with reviews of many other contributors.

His book, Relativity, Time and Reality, is a controversial critique of Albert Einstein's concepts of time and simultaneity in Special Relativity. His arguments have been generally considered invalid.

The primary objection in the first part of his critique is that Einstein's concept of simultaneity, while seemingly not depending on Newtonian time, nevertheless presupposes it: