According to Thorne, what influence did the Michelson-Morley (1887) experiment have on Einsteins thinking?
A. Michelson and Morley’s failure to detect any difference in the speed of light in different directions suggested to Einstein that the speed of light is a universal constant; B. Michelson and Morley’s failure to detect the motion of the Earth through the aether suggested to Einstein that there is no aether, no absolute space or time; C. It provoked Einstein to think about Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetism, which showed that light is electromagnetic waves; D. Very little. T 2009 Sep 8: • Not graded: Do you understand time dilation? A. I think so! B. I understand the diagram we filled in last week, but not much more. C. I think I could maybe understand if I thought more about it. D. I have no clue. • Not graded: Do you understand Lorentz contraction? A. I think so! B. I understand the diagram we filled in last week, but not much more. C. I think I could maybe understand if I thought more about it. D. I have no clue. • Which of the following is an inertial frame? A. A frame that ca
