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\def\semester{Spring 2019}
\def\project_topic{On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies}
\def\student_investigator{Albert Einstein}
\def\faculty_advisor{Dr. R. L. Herman}

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\noindent PHY 495. Physics Seminar \hfill Project Proposal \\
\noindent UNCW UNCW Physics and Physical Oceanography \hfill \semester \par
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{\LARGE \textbf{ \project_topic } \par}
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{\large Student Investigator: \student_investigator} \\
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{\large Faculty Advisor: \faculty_advisor}
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\section*{Motivation}

Since I was very young, I have always been fascinated with light. I thought about what would happen to my reflection in a mirror as I moved close to the speed of light. Would I see my reflection? What does Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves predict?

\section*{Literature Review}

This investigation will be based on the works of James Clerk Maxwell \cite{maxwell} and Isaac Newton \cite{newton}. In \cite{maxwell} Maxwell introduces the equations of electricity and magnetism in one complete theory. Newton had already presented in his {\it Principia} the laws of classical motion and gravitation \cite{newton}.

\section*{Problem to be Addressed}

In this project I will reconcile Maxwell's equations for electricity and magnetism with the laws of mechanics by introducing major changes to mechanics close to the speed of light.

\section*{Project Type, Resources Needed, etc.}

My project is theoretical [{\it as opposed to experimental or computational}]. Therefore, I will only need a pen, paper, and my thoughts.

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\bibitem{newton} I. Newton,
\emph{Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica},
New York: Viking,
1958.
\bibitem{maxwell} J. C. Maxwell,
\emph{A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field},
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
155 (1865) pp. 459–512 .

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