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Re: pi (was Re: Is lightvelocity accelerating?)

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From: Michael Weiss
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 12:41
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On 20 Mar 1995 son3776@utdallas.edu wrote:

> Actually it is you who is "missing the concept".
> 
> Constants such as planck's constant, etc. were first realized through 
> mathematical calculations (algebra, calculus, differential equations -- 
> if that's not math, then I don't know what is).  Later they were 
> confirmed by experimentation.

This is inaccurate.


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From: Michael Weiss <mkw21@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: pi (was Re: Is lightvelocity accelerating?)
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