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LECTURE 17
questions before lecture
think about these
- Why is Einstein so appealing a figure? Do you have any idea?
- Do you expect to be able to grasp the basic implications of relativity? Why or why not?
- What can you say about the speed of light if light has no material medium such as the aether to travel in?
- What are some synonyms for the word postulate?
- Do you know why people say that nothing travels faster than light?
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Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.
Revised October 8, 1997.
Content © 1997, Bernice Durand
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