
Nothing with mass can reach light speed because Lorentz factor γ → ∞ as v → c
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Nothing with mass can reach light speed because Lorentz factor γ → ∞ as v → c
Criticism of the theory of relativity
Michelson-Morley experiment null result
Gravitational lensing formalism
Light bends around massive objects due to spacetime curvature
Schwarzschild metric
Schwarzschild radius at r=2GM/c² marks the event horizon
Einstein's photoelectric explanation used Planck's E=hf to predict that higher frequency light ejects faster electrons
Einstein's photoelectric equation E=hf predicts faster electron ejection with higher frequency light
Special relativity
Albert Einstein's special relativity paper introduced time dilation
Time dilation
Clocks run slower in stronger gravitational fields
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