Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers

4th Edition

ISBN: 9781133103721

Author: Stephen T. Thornton, Andrew Rex

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Prove that the constancy of the speed of light (postulate 2) is inconsistent with the Galilean transformation.

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