Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light | Veritasium
Physics students learn the speed of light, c, is the same for all inertial observers but no one has ever actually measured it in one direction.
References:
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Greaves, E. D., Rodríguez, A. M., & Ruiz-Camacho, J. (2009). A one-way speed of light experiment. American Journal of Physics, 77(10), 894-896.
Response to Greaves et al. paper —
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