Faster than Light?

How was the speed of light first measured? Albert Einstein deduced it was the speed limit for everything in the universe. Is it possible to go faster?

A lecture by Katherine Blundell OBE, Gresham Professor of Astronomy
02 October 2019 1PM BST
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The speed of light has fundamental significance.  This talk will explain how the speed of light was first measured, and how an obscure but brilliant patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland by the name of Albert Einstein deduced that the speed of light is the upper speed limit for everything in the Universe. It is even possible for things to be measured as travelling faster than the speed of light and I will explain how that is permissible and understandable in an Einsteinian worldview.

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