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Originally Posted by Damo2600
As far as I have been assured the Theory of Special Relativity doesn't make sense if you consider it using the absolute reference frame that Gallileo put forward.
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Galileo did nothing of the sort, he wrote what is considered to be the first statement of the principle of relativity ever published, which Newton also refers to as "the experiment of the ship" when arguing toward the principle of relativity.
Both Newton and Galileo argue that we can't detect an absolute rest or motion, except for one of rotation. The difference is they both consider the principle for the three spatial coordinates, not for space-time. Before Einstein and Lorentz, time wasn't known to be a coordinate, different for different observers, though Newton's argument includes the discussion of relative and absolute times but not as being part of a same geometry with space.
