Re: Why is the speed of light what it is?
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_sirius.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 10/04/04
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:00:08 GMT
In sci.physics.relativity, Bill Bowden
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wrote
on 3 Oct 2004 20:06:10 -0700
<ad025737.0410031906.50d5a073@posting.google.com>:
> Why is the speed of light 186,000 miles per second?
> Why not 187,000 miles per second, or 185,000 miles per second,
> or some other number?
>
> -Bill
What, precisely, did you expect as an answer?
Presumably, c is a condition of space; one method by which
one can derive c is from the permittivity and permeability
of free space. Other methods of deriving c might be possible;
I'm not up on electromagnetics.
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