Einstein performed thought experiments to understand the implications of the postulates of special relativity because
A. he was too poor to afford the necessary experimental apparatus.
B. did not know how to build an apparatus that would test his ideas.
C. he could not carry out the experiments alone and no other scientists would work with him.
D. the speeds involved are too large to easily generate.
Answer: D
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