The Speed of Light
In Our Time
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The History of the Speed of Light
This was remarkable by the time. How was it received by other scientists around Europe? I would guess it's probably the same way as we react to some things. Initially, oh, mad scientists can't do proper experiments. And then gradually getting accepted and not only accepted but built on by other scientists. But at this stage we're talking about measuring the speed of light out of curiosity. It's a wonderful example of science for the sake of science. There's no end product. They're not going to do things with it. No, I think it was probably they were doing measurements because it gave better understanding of God's universe and it was all to the greater glory of God. That
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