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Hawking and the End of Physics

Is physics ending? Serious people say so, not always seriously. Are they right and should we care? In 1996 American science writer John Horgan wrote a book, The End of Science. His thesis was that all the big stuff has been done already, that what he calls ‘the primordial human quest to understand the universe […]

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The Problem of the Speed of Light

Nothing can go faster than the speed of light. It makes no difference if the source moves toward or away from the detector, or if the detector moves toward or from the light. Even if they move at near light-speed the measured speed of light remains the same. There are three ways to get a […]