hi
since my mind can't get out of classical mechanics (3D+1), maybe if
someone can help me understand it using equations?
classically, a general motion function gets written like
f(x,y,z,t)=g(t), (x,y,z) gets expressed as a funtion of time, related
by the gravity forces.
now, an invariant speed of light function looks like
f(x,y,z,t)=c*t+g(x,y,z) in classical world.
(History after this is getting difficult to sort through, there seems
to be a lot of arguments.)
Please consider I'm trying to explain light to my mom.
I've thought about maxwell's equations, but they don't involved
gravity.
So why does the discovery of invariance speed of light (or simply EM
radiation) pose any problem?
Since radiation doesn't have mass, it's not governed by gravity.
(energy-mass is not discovered yet)
If I was borned at this period of history, does that mean, all theories
were living happily together and nothing needs to be changed, right?
If I look at the light function f(x,y,z,t)=c*t+g(x,y,z), there is a lot
of freedom you can write g(x,y,z) as a function of time.
Now assume mass-energy weren't discovered or defined, and no one tried
to split atoms, was there a problem?
Some book starting to mention accelerating inferrence frame, (the space
elevator), is this really a problem for newton's and maxwell's?
(assuming no such thing as energy-mass, and no discovery related to
strange particles, plank's constant, etc)
I only want this part of the issue cleared to me.
Thanks
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