Re: Why is the Speed Of Light Constant?


"G" <gehan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks SCW for the response

But I mean what I said

So what Einstein said was that

Rule 1. light travels through space at a velocity c
Rule 2. In case rule 1 is wrong assume that time has contracted or
dilated in order to make rule 1 true

Am I right?

G
Yep. Right on the money, son, that is exactly how it is.
How very perceptive of you.
In "modern" relativity:

Rule 1. Light travels in all inertial frames of reference at velocity c.
Rule 2. Time dilates and length contracts to make rule 1 true.

http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Smart/how_to_be_as_smart_as_einstein.htm http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Genesis/Genesis.htmAndrocles.

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