Speed of Light - Sixty Symbols
The little "c" representing the speed of light is perhaps the most famous symbol in physics and astronomy. More at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
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So c, little c, the speed of light, probably one of the most famous symbols in physics.Certainly it appears in the most famous equation: E=m c squaredThe c in there is the speed of light. It really is one of the most fundamental constants.- c, small c, means the speed of light.That's what, three times ten to the eighth metres per second.So three hunderd million meters per second. So it's fast, but not infinitly fast.- It really is the ultimate constant in physics.In the sense that it really is the same, whoever measures it.That's what lies at the heart of special relativity,this idea that the universe is a relative sort of place.One of the precepts of special relativity is that the laws of physicsare the same in any reference frame, if you're stationary or movingyou should see the same ...
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So c, little c, the speed of light, probably one of the most famous symbols in physics.Certainly it appears in the most famous equation: E=m c squaredThe c in there is the speed of light. It really is one of the most fundamental constants.- c, small c, means the speed of light.That's what, three times ten to the eighth metres per second.So three hunderd million meters per second. So it's fast, but not infinitly fast.- It really is the ultimate constant in physics.In the sense that it really is the same, whoever measures it.That's what lies at the heart of special relativity,this idea that the universe is a relative sort of place.One of the precepts of special relativity is that the laws of physicsare the same in any reference frame, if you're stationary or movingyou should see the same ...
