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From: ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Speed of light
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 11:47:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 11:47:48 1985
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> WHAT???  The speed of light in water is much less than the speed of light 
> in a vacuum????  AAAUUUGHH!!  Einstein just rolled over!  I always thought:
> 'The speed of light is the same for all observers, no matter what his 
> frame of reference'...  If what you say is true, then all kinds of phenomena
> would open up simply by exceeding this 'slower' speed in water...  Eek! 

What did you get in physics?  Every heard of refraction?  Ever wonder
why the bottom of a swimming pool looks closer than it really is?
This is the kind of "phenomena" that occur when light passes through
different mediums.
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	--Kevin Chu
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