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Article #590Re: NEWTON AND MAXWELL REASONABLE, EINSTEIN ABSURD
From: Richard Dobson
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 08:27
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 08:27
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On 01/05/2010 05:25, Pentcho Valev wrote: > According to Newton's emission theory of light, the SPEED of light > varies with the speed of the observer. > > According to Maxwell's theory, the SPEED of light varies with the > speed of the observer. > > According to Einstein's special relativity, the WAVELENGTH of light > varies with the speed of the observer. > > The assertion that the SPEED of light varies with the speed of the > observer is physically reasonable. The assertion that the WAVELENGTH > of light varies with the speed of the observer is absurd. > Why? We see it ~all the time~ in daily life. We don't see the propagation speed of a wave [net velocity of the medium being zero] changing with the speed of the source, whether in air or water. It is physically UNREASONABLE. Richard Dobson
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