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-====== ​The Michelson-Morley Experiment ======+====== Michelson-Morley Experiment ======
  
-<tabbox Why is it interesting?> ​ 
-The Michelson-Morley experiment discovered that the speed of light is constant in all inertial frames of reference. This lead to the insight that Newtonian mechanics must be replaced with [[theories:​classical_theories:​special_relativity|special relativity]]. ​ 
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-Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party. +
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-<note tip+[{{ :​experiments:​michelesonmorley2.png |Source: [[http://​research-repository.uwa.edu.au/​en/​publications/​a-michelsonmorley-resonant-cavity-test-of-lorentz-invariance(473422ad-a24e-4def-90cc-490a7be78990).html|A Michelson-Morley resonant cavity test of Lorentz invariance]] by Stephen Parker}}] 
-In this section things should be explained by analogy and with pictures and, if necessary, some formulas. +<tabbox Concrete>  
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 +[{{ :​experiments:​michelesonmorley.png |Source: https://​edoc.hu-berlin.de/​handle/​18452/​16403}}]
    
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- +The Michelson-Morley experiment discovered that the speed of light is constant in all inertial frames of reference. This lead to the insight that Newtonian mechanics must be replaced with [[models:special_relativity|special relativity]]. ​
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