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1905Special relativityOn the Electrodynamics of Moving BodiesThe June 1905 paper dropped absolute time and kept the speed of light constant for every observer. Moving clocks run slow, moving lengths contract, and simultaneity depends on who is asking. It cited no sources and thanked only his friend Michele Besso.