Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity in 1905, which established two postulates - the laws of physics are the same in all inertial reference frames, and the speed of light has the same value in all reference frames. This challenged the prevailing notion of Galilean relativity and the existence of the luminiferous ether, and led to predictions such as time dilation and length contraction that have since been widely verified.
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