why lorentz transformation?

galileo's principle of relativity states that the laws of mechanics should
be the same for all inertial observers. and indeed, newtonian mechanics is
unchanged under galilean transformations. the problem is that maxwellian
electrodynamics is not the same in every inertial frame under that
transformation. so what to do? find a set of transformations under which
both mechanics and electrodynamics are the same for all inertial frames.
this leads to the lorentz transformation.


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