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Why does the speed of light $c$ have the value it does?
Why does light have the speed it does? why is it not considerably faster or slower than it is? I can't imagine science, being what it is, not pursuing a rational scientific explanation for the speed ...
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Does $\lambda\nu = c$ hold for all the waves in the universe?
Are all waves in the universe the same as electromagnetic waves?
Basically, my question arises from an equation I found in my chemistry textbook:
$$\lambda \nu ~=~ c.$$
This states that the ...
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Someting almost faster than light traveling on something else almost faster than light [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Travelling faster than the speed of light
Double light speed
Lets say that
an airplane can fly at 4/5 of the speed of light, and
I can run at 2/5 of the speed of ...
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Speed of Light, Photons or WaveSpeed?
The speed of light is almost 300 000 km/s.
The photons have a speed along the wave, and the wave have a speed straight forwards.
What is the speed of light? Is it the speed the photons have along ...
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Maximum speed of a rocket with a potential of relativistic speeds
Ultimately, the factor limiting the
maximum speed of a rocket is:
the amount of fuel it carries
the speed of ejection of the gases
the mass of the rocket
the length of the rocket
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Accelerating particles to speeds infinitesimally close to the speed of light?
I'm in a freshmen level physics class now, so I don't know much, but something I heard today intrigued me. My TA was talking about how at the research facility he worked at, they were able to ...
