Figuring out that the speed of light was the ultimate speed limit of the universe is part of the late 19th-century and early 20th-century history of Physics. This is part 2 of my “history of the speed of light” series.
Part 1 - How did we measure the speed of light? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PU1WN9jWY
Michelson & Morley 1887 - http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-34/203/333.full.pdf
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👩🏽💻 Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford.
http://drbecky.uk.com
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