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• A Test of Relativistic Simultaneity
  ...times. The most notable example in recent times is the LIGO gravitational wave detector, which uses an interferometer with 2.5-mile arms to detect an extr Maxwell showed electromagnetic (EM) radiation travels at a speed of <math display="inline">c</math> given
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• Hendrik Lorentz
  ...the theory of reflection and refraction of light), in which he refined the electromagnetic theory of [[James Clerk Maxwell]].<ref group=B name="NtvN2011"/><ref>{{cite In 1892 and 1895 Lorentz worked on describing electromagnetic phenomena (the propagation of light) in reference frames that move relative to the [[luminiferous aeth
  39 KB (5,598 words) - 16:55, 5 July 2017
• Lorentz ether theory
  ...905 corrected the errors in Lorentz's paper and actually incorporated non-electromagnetic forces (including [[gravitation]]) within the theory, which he called "The ...s operate by [[Action at a distance (physics)|actions at a distance]], the electromagnetic field of the aether appears as a mediator between the electrons, and change
  74 KB (11,386 words) - 12:43, 7 July 2017
• James Clerk Maxwell
  ...f> His most notable achievement was to formulate the classical theory of [[electromagnetic radiation]], bringing together for the first time electricity, [[magnetism] ...e journal|last=Maxwell |first=James Clerk |title=A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/A_Dynamical_T
  78 KB (11,137 words) - 15:23, 19 July 2017
• History of special relativity
  ...to electromagnetic theory and electrodynamics, during the 19th century the wave theory of light as a disturbance of a "light medium" or [[Luminiferous ethe ...ell's equations]]. He first proposed that light was in fact undulations ([[electromagnetic radiation]]) in the ''same'' aetherial medium that is the cause of electric
  130 KB (18,278 words) - 13:48, 14 February 2019
• Michelson–Morley experiment
  ...must also require a medium, the "[[luminiferous aether]]", to transmit its wave motions. Because light can travel through a vacuum, it was assumed that eve ...addition, [[James Clerk Maxwell]] (1865) recognized the [[Electrodynamics|electromagnetic]] nature of light and developed what are now called [[Maxwell's equations]]
  82 KB (12,123 words) - 14:58, 19 July 2017
• Henri Poincaré
  ...f [[special relativity]]. In 1905, Poincaré first proposed [[gravitational wave]]s (''ondes gravifiques'') emanating from a body and propagating at the spe ...>The essential point, established by Lorentz, is that the equations of the electromagnetic field are not altered by a certain transformation (which I will call by the
  73 KB (10,374 words) - 11:55, 7 July 2017
• De Broglie–Bohm theory
  {{merge from|Pilot wave|date=July 2016|discuss=Talk:Pilot wave#Disagrees with main article}} ...function by a [[#Guiding equation|guiding equation]]. The evolution of the wave function over time is given by [[Schrödinger equation|Schrödinger's equat
  112 KB (16,432 words) - 12:57, 6 February 2018

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