Timeline for Do electromagnetic fields have inertia? Or, what sets the speed of light?
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| Oct 9, 2018 at 19:16 | vote | accept | Steve Andrews | ||
| Oct 5, 2018 at 21:56 | answer | added | Steve Andrews | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/1045282097513017344 | ||
| Sep 25, 2018 at 15:53 | comment | added | Steve Andrews | @safesphere It sounds you're basically saying that the speed of light is just one of those fundamental constants, and everything is defined in terms of it, so that's just the way it is. While this may be the best answer possible, it's not very satisfying. Is it possible to imagine a universe in which light went much faster or much slower? And if so, what would need to be changed to produce the different light speed? | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 8:24 | comment | added | niels nielsen | @StéphaneRollandin, that was very cool, i'd love to try reading that paper! | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 8:00 | answer | added | niels nielsen | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 7:42 | comment | added | Stéphane Rollandin | For another, fully relativistic, point of view on EM, and one where inertia (as in 'inertial frame') takes its full importance, see Why is the magnetic force similar to a Coriolis force? | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 7:11 | comment | added | Helen | @safesphere I'd certainly love to read an expansion of what is meant by the speed of light coming from non scale invariance of the universe. Can you rephrase it in a longer answer? | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 6:36 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2018 at 6:33 | comment | added | user191954 | Hi, welcome to Physics SE! Please don't post formulae as pictures or plain text, but use MathJax instead. MathJax is easy for people on all devices to read, and can show up clearer on different screen sizes and resolutions. I've edited it here as an example. Look at this Math SE meta post for a quick tutorial. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 6:33 | history | edited | user191954 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2018 at 5:44 | history | asked | Steve Andrews | CC BY-SA 4.0 |