Length contraction
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Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in the object's own rest frame. It is also known as
Formula on a wall in Leiden, Netherlands. Lorentz was chair of theoretical physics at the University of Leiden (1877–1910).
Joseph Larmor
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Sir Joseph Larmor was an Irish mathematician, theoretical physicist, and British politician who made breakthroughs in the understanding of electricity, dynamics, thermodynamics, and the electron theor
Larmor, c. 1920
1900 copy of Aether and Matter
Title page to a 1900 copy of Aether and Matter
First page of the preface to Aether and Matter