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Special Relativity

In physics, special relativity (SR, also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the accepted physical theory regarding the relationship between space and time.(Definition from Wikipedia) At the end of the 19th century, Maxwell equations of electromagnetism had been proved by plenty of experiments. However, Maxwell equations are not consistent with the Galilean transformations in Newtonian physics. As a result,… Continue reading

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