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Article #655Re: HOW EINSTEIN USED MAXWELL
From: Androcles
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:23
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:23
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"waldofj" <waldofj@verizon.net> wrote in message news:615dc4f3-470e-486a-8a60-2630c6ed8813@n34g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... On Apr 1, 5:18 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote: > According to Maxwell's theory, (1) the speed of light is independent > of the speed of the emitter but (2) it does depend on the speed of the > observer: according to Maxwell's equations the speed of light is equal to 1/ sqrt(ep_0 * mu_0). nowhere in his equations are ep_0 or mu_0 dependent on the speed of the observer. ================================================ ep_0 and mu_0 are properties of aether and like the speed of sound in vacuum and the Easter Bunny, they don't exist. Maxwell was dead when Michelson did his famous experiment. When the aether died its properties died with it. Goodbye ep_0 and mu_0. (You can still have ep_1, mu_1, sound in air and chocolate eggs). Goodbye idiot.
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