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Hi could someone help me understand maxwells reasoning for how to derive the speed of light and why it should be the velocity that it is?
Maxwells derivation for speed light
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The explanation is very short if you start with the Maxwell equations in differential form and is given at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electr...othesis_that_light_is_an_electromagnetic_wave The speed is just read off from the wave equation that you find.
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