C1 - relativity
- Lorentz's law:
- Lorentz transformations (LTs) leave
unchanged under coordinate transforms:
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LTs are not consistent with Newtonian mechanics and the Lorentz force law
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Einstein (1905) published On The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, which laid the groundwork for special relativity, resolved LTs with mechanics, and gave a new understanding of time
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Minkowski (1907) theorised 'spacetime', describing events as 4-dimensional positions in spacetime with coordinates