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How did Einstein reconcile the ideas that motion is relative and the speed of light is a constant?
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How did Einstein reconcile the ideas that motion is relative and the speed of light is a constant?

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Einstein reconciled these ideas by describing space and time as parts of a whole called space-time. He explained that space and time, the factors that determine motion or speed, are relative because the speed of light is constant.
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