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Sure I understand that, I was just confused because I thought that the author stated that light was not affected that way.

So, wait... does that mean that the photon was initially fired to match the movement of the clock? If it wasn't, I'm still confused as to why, if it was fired directly upward, it would travel along with the clock's body. (I know that this is an extremely theoretical example, but it's...

Hello, I apologize in advance for what is probably a boneheaded question, but I'm just a little bit confused. I just started reading The Elegant Universe and in the chapter on the theory of relativity, the author uses an example of a photon-based clock to illustrate how the perception of...