From: Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity: The Two Big Ideas That Changed Physics
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How might science fiction stories change if they took special relativity seriously?

Stories could explore time slowing down on spaceships or different realities depending on motion, making plots more scientifically rich.

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Write a short story imagining a journey where time moves differently.

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The laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference.
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Time dilation occurs for objects moving close to the speed of light.
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The speed of light in vacuum is constant and independent of the motion of the source or the obser...
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Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity: The Two Big Ideas That Changed Physics
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