On the history of arrangement of the IV International Conference "Problems of space, time, movement"

Abstract

A brief outline of relativism introduction history into astronomical observations processing is presented. The role of the synthetic approach in joint solution of tasks in astronomy and physics is emphasized. The problems of the ban on criticism of Einstein`s theories, general and special, and those of publishing articles devoted to their criticism are touched upon. The importance of the complex interaction of astronomy and relativistic physics in the 20th century is highlighted. The history of arrangement of conferences devoted to interaction of astronomy and physics is briefly given. The events and reasons for addressing the letter to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. S. Osipov are described in short. The importance of involving the Academy of Sciences as the only possible platform for discussing theoretical and practical issues of astronomy is underlined.