Answer to Question #134892 in Physics for Dheeraj

Question

The classical electrodynamics is considered to be the mother of STR. Imagine an alien race, far away from Earth. In a hypothetical scenario, this race developed the concepts of strong interactions far earlier without EM theory. How do you think this race would have developed STR based on their knowledge of strong interaction?

Answer 1

Since both humans and aliens try to describe the same phenomena based on the similar facts, eventually they would come to the same conclusions. However, since they did not know EM theory, some details will differ.