Part VI In Which We Discuss Electromagnetic Waves, the Aether, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. The famous Theory of Relativity – a theory that many people don’t like because they think it defies common sense – sprang from efforts to understand waves produced by electromagnetic oscillations.

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What you need to know and understand: q Electromagnetic oscillations in circuits vs. mechanical oscillations. q Magnetic Flux and Electromagnetic Induction. q Electromagnetic waves & antennae. q Einstein’s solution to the Aether question. q Time dilation, length contraction, & simultaneity. q Speed of light is the limit for mass-having bodies. q Adding velocities. q General Relativity and its implications.