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- | ====== The Michelson-Morley Experiment ====== | + | ====== Michelson-Morley Experiment ====== |
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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 [[theories:special_relativity|special relativity]]. | + | 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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