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supersmiffy26
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Ok, so light is both a wave and a particle. That's fine, I accept that.
If a photon is a particle it must therefore have a mass.
But, Einstein's theory of relativity states that material bodies cannot travel faster than the speed of light.
As a particle approaches the speed of light it becomes heavier i.e. its mass increases.
If a particle is traveling at the speed of light, its mass is infinite. It would require an infinite force to move it.
So...how does this account for light being a particle-the photon?
If a photon is a particle it must therefore have a mass.
But, Einstein's theory of relativity states that material bodies cannot travel faster than the speed of light.
As a particle approaches the speed of light it becomes heavier i.e. its mass increases.
If a particle is traveling at the speed of light, its mass is infinite. It would require an infinite force to move it.
So...how does this account for light being a particle-the photon?