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During these initial stages of development, this site has been set up so that certain individuals could be asked to review and comment on the material. Parts of the material will undoubtedly change as the ideas become better understood, errors are corrected, and clearer ways of expressing the concepts come to mind. Many sections have undergone changes, and will undoubtedly undergo changes again. The basic premise that the speed of light is a function of the clock rate seems almost obvious at this point[1]. The implications of this for the nature of the behavior of light under different conditions can be somewhat elusive. This has been the primary reason for the ongoing alterations in the discussions.
The development of this site is also a learning process about building a site. It is quite possible that the entire site appearance (or parts thereof) will change overnight, perhaps more than once. The same is true for the methods available for navigating the site.
The author is a retired professor who has taught analytical instrumentation involving the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with various materials using various instruments for many years. A growing concern over that time was whether or not some of the theoretical considerations being taught to the students were actually correct. The material in this site is a result of pursuing that concern.
C. Kingston
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Feb. 22. 2004
[1] A current viewpoint among some researchers is that the speed of light is constant but that the constant speed has changed over time. This would mean that the value associated with the ‘constant’ c has changed over time. That issue is independent of, and not considered in, the ideas presented here.