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From: harry
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:01

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On Sep 3, 2:22 pm, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In 1887 the Michelson-Morley experiment confirmed the antithesis of
> Einstein's 1905 light postulate,

That can't be: his 1905 paper, although not directly mentioning it, is
in part based on that experiment. His first derivations even match the
the set-up of that experiment. As usual, you are completely wrong on
the main point.

> the equation c'=c+v given by Newton's
> emission theory of light, and contradicted the thesis that the speed
> of light is independent of the speed of the light source (the future
> light postulate). Now Einsteinians fiercely teach that the Michelson-
> Morley experiment so unambiguously confirmed the thesis that the speed
> of light is independent of the speed of the light source that Einstein
> had no other choice but to advance his 1905 light postulate.

Where? If "Einsteinians" make such a wrong claim, then "Einsteinians"
are definitely wrong too - Einstein based the light postulate on the
success of, as he put it, "Maxwell's theory for stationary bodies".
However, MMX was one of the reasons (although he didn't mention it) to
accept the *PoR* as postulate.

[snip the rest]

Harald

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