Author:
Stuckey W M,Silberstein Michael,McDevitt Timothy
Abstract
Abstract
Chapter 4 briefly reviews the history of special relativity, including FitzGerald–Lorentz (or length) contraction, the light postulate, aether theory, emission theory, the speed of light from Maxwell’s equations, the Michelson–Morley experiment, and wave interference.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford