Michelson, Albert (1852-1931)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3860. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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German-American physicist, invented the Michelson-Morley interferometer to detect, with MORLEY, the motion of the Earth through the ether, but found that irrespective of the orientation of the interferometer, no motion could be detected. This was explained by the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction, and was a foundation for Einstein's theory of special relativity. Michelson went on to apply interf...

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