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Loading contentEinstein's 1905 theory that the laws of physics and the speed of light are the same for all inertial observers.
Special relativity abolished absolute space and time: measurements of length and time depend on relative motion, mass and energy are equivalent (E = mc²), and nothing travels faster than light. It underlies all of modern physics.
Published by Albert Einstein in 1905, his 'miracle year'.
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