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Einstein’s light postulate saves Galileo

Posted on March 30, 2023 by fbenedictus

Good evening (local time)! I’d like to share with you the answer I gave to one of my students earlier today. He asked how Einstein’s postulate of a constant light speed (independent from an observer’s own state of motion) can … Continue reading →

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Galilean Relativity

Posted on September 26, 2018 by fbenedictus

At the basis of Newtonian mechanics lies an idea we call galilean relativity, which is the idea that different observers will come up with the same laws of motion as long as their reference frames are not accelerating relative to … Continue reading →

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