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7.2 THE NATURE OF LIGHT
SPECIAL REALTIVITY P72 003 The findings of
the Michelson-Morley experiment have been called the “greatest of all negative results in the history of science”. (A) What was the
negative about the results? (B) What is the
significance of these negative results? View solution below only after you have completed answering the question. The solution is not in a form that you would answer in an examination. The answers are often in more detail to help improve your appreciation and understanding of the physics. |
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Solution (A) No motion of the Earth through the ether was detected. (B) The velocity of the
light was independent of the motion of the observer. |