E4 - The Michelson Morley Dilemma: What is it and how does it relate to special relativity?

In episode 4 of the special relativity series watch as Joe Sorge details the reasoning leading up to the famous 19th century experiment by scientists Michelson and Morley. You won’t want to miss this fascinating account of the experiment and why its results proved to be such a dilemma. One that is not fully resolved to this day. Length contraction has become the widely accepted solution to the dilemma and the one that Einstein incorporated in his special theory of relativity, but is it the correct solution?

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