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How the invariance of the speed of light leads to time dilation and mass enhancement?
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For two differently moving frames of reference to measure the same speed of light as required by standard Maxwell electrodynamics, time and the length of objects must change to accommodate for the difference they should see by traveling at different speeds/directions. The extra mass comes from the fact that nothing can reach the speed of light, and so if y
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