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Title: Why Didn't Einstien Reference Michelson-Morley In Special Relativity
Post by: litespeed on 04/01/2010 18:22:00

The Michelson-Morley experiments showed light speed is the same for all observers. What other explanations could there have been other then, at least,time dialation?

Title: Why Didn't Einstien Reference Michelson-Morley In Special Relativity
Post by: PhysBang on 04/01/2010 20:31:40

One can account for the M-M experiment with a real contraction of physical objects in space. However, one cannot account for the constancy of the speed of light (and for identical laws for electromagnetic phenomena) in all inertial reference frames without contraction, time dilation, and the relativity of simultaneity.

Title: Why Didn't Einstien Reference Michelson-Morley In Special Relativity
Post by: butchmurray on 26/09/2011 18:06:18

He did mention it.

“Relativity The Special and General Theory” by Albert Einstein is great. Translated by Robert Lawson. It the 1920 translation. It’s a free book online.

XVI.  Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity

http://www.bartleby.com/173/16.html

Title: Why Didn't Einstien Reference Michelson-Morley In Special Relativity
Post by: yor_on on 04/10/2011 22:51:00

Yeah, it is a nice one :)

Title: Why Didn't Einstien Reference Michelson-Morley In Special Relativity
Post by: Pmb on 05/10/2011 03:38:07

Quote from: litespeed on 04/01/2010 18:22:00

The Michelson-Morley experiments showed light speed is the same for all observers. What other explanations could there have been other then, at least,time dialation?

He did mention it in his Nobel Speach as I recall. There's a nice article in the Am. J. Phy.