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the contraction of length in the direction of propagation in special relativity

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Hendrik Lorentz

Lorentz transformation

inertial frame of reference

Minkowski spacetime

Albert Einstein

Stephen Hawking

International Standard Book Number

theory of relativity

speed of light in vacuum

Henri Poincaré

special relativity

general relativity

André-Marie Ampère

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Hendrik Lorentz Length Special relativity

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deductive-nomological model

Hendrik Lorentz

special relativity

Lorentz transformation

luminiferous aether

George FitzGerald

Trouton–Rankine experiment

Ehrenfest paradox

theory of relativity

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speed of light in vacuum

Edward W. Morley

Alcubierre drive

Minkowski diagram

synchrotron light source

time translation symmetry

optical aberration

quantum gravity

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