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Albert Einstein, in his theory of special relativity, determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and he showed that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels/ Since almost everyone agreed that light must be composed of either particles or waves, Newton used the failure of the wave theory to prove that light is made of particles. Newton concluded that light is composed of coloured particles that combine to appear white.
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Sample Response: Newton believed that the speed of light changes and depends on the observer. Einstein, on the other hand, believed that the speed of light is constant and the same to all observers.

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