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Einstein's Thought Experiment That Transformed Physics

Season 42 Episode 23 | 2m 10s

By imagining how light travels to two people moving at different speeds, Einstein showed that time isn鈥檛 absolute. His thought experiment revealed that what seems like 鈥渘ow鈥 depends on where you are and how fast you鈥檙e moving.

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