Re: Light Speed "C"
From: Androcles (Androcles_at_)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:48:06 GMT
"mkolchins" <mkolchins@comcast-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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>A number of years ago I purchased a video lecture series by Professor
> Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College entitled Einstein’s Relativity
> and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non Scientist. I am an
> architect not a scientist however I felt I had a better explanation
> for why light is always measured at speed “C”. I have posted below a
> message that I have sent to Professor Wolfson explaining my theory and
> I am interested in this boards thoughts as well.
>
>
> I purchased your video tape lecture series on Einstein’s Relativity
> and the Quantum Revolution a number of years ago and I always felt I
> had a better explanation for why light is always measured traveling
> at speed “C”. My theory has to do with the nature of photons, the way
> they travel and how they are measured. I realize you are going to be
> very skeptical however I hope you will at least read my explanation.
>
> • What is light? Light is electromagnetic waves with photons that
> occur or are created at the peaks and troughs where the energy of the
> wave is concentrated. This is why photons recorded in double slit
> experiments distribute themselves in patterns corresponding to wave
> peaks and troughs.
> • Light waves compress between source and receiver. When light travels
> from a source and reaches another object the waves compress, the
> amount of compression depends on whether the source and receiver are
> moving toward or away from each other and how fast, ie: moving toward
> each other will produce more compression than moving away. This
> explains the red shift phenomenon.
> • The speed of a light waves period is always “C” no matter what the
> waves length. This explains why when you measure the speed of photons
> (peaks and troughs of waves) they always travel at speed “C”
> regardless of how source and receiver are moving relative to each
> other. The difference in their movement is taken up in the
> compression of the wavelength however the speed of the waves stays
> constant. I liken this to the inverse of a pendulum’s period where no
> matter how far you swing the pendulum the time it takes to complete a
> period remains constant but the speed of the pendulum varies.
> I have no significant mathematical background to test my theory with
> and I realize that Einstein’s relativity has been tested and
> validated however I think that if you mathematically substitute the
> compression of light waves for relativity of time and space you might
> get the same results. One more thought, if I am right this could be an
> explanation for dark matter in space as well, dark matter might just
> be objects that are traveling away from earth faster than the speed
> of light.
>
> I would very much like to hear your opinion of my theory if possible,
> even if you think I am wrong I would like to know why.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Michael K.
Here's why.
http://www.androc1es.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/actual_data.htm
Androcles
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