Re: How Does a Radiometer Work?

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From: Alan Uncle Al Schwartz
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 00:00

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Back up, boys!  I provided a qualitative description of the phenomenon - 
not the equation.  Somebody else contributed the maths.

Light (the photon) has momentum, but no rest mass.  Why is that a 
problem?  If you had a photon at rest you would need a much bigger 
universe to contain it.

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