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by stkegg
Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:05 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Speed of light
Replies: 1021
Views: 48016

Re: Speed of light

"Faster than light astronomical observation reports"...

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"Einstein Doesn't Work Here Anymore"
(By Maurice B. Cooke)
by stkegg
Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:37 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Speed of light
Replies: 1021
Views: 48016

Re: Speed of light

Chris Peterson wrote: "The speed of light doesn't change" apodman wrote: "short explanations mean loose descriptions" The ONLY thing that does not change is the mathematical value of "c", that has been used as a LABEL to represent the 'speed of light', but the LIGHT, as...
by stkegg
Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:22 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Speed of light
Replies: 1021
Views: 48016

Re: Speed of light

Obtaining E=mc^2 from Newton’s F=am in 10 steps 1) Force = Mass x Acceleration <-- Original Newton equation 2) Work = Force x Distance As Energy = Work, then replacing Energy in 2) we have: 3) Energy = Force x Distance Also, Force = Mass x Acceleration, then replacing Force in 3) we have: 4) Energy ...