Relativity

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Ether

theoretical substance that scientists said the speed of light was relative to 

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Michaelson-Morley experiment

failed to show that the speed of light can change

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Albert Einstein

came up with the theory of relativity

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Time dilation

due to the effects of relativity, something moving past you at very fast speeds will appear to experience less time than you do

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Length contraction

due to the effects of relativity, moving objects appear shorter in length compared to how they appear when stationary

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Lorentz factor

γ=1/√(1-v²/c²)

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Speed of causality

c, the ultimate speed of the universe; one event cannot influence another separate event any sooner than information can travel between the two events at the speed of c

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On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

Einstein’s paper that introduced the theory of relativity

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Electromagnetic force

a fundamental force that can appear as the electric force from certain frames of reference and as the magnetic force for other frames of reference