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How did Einstein first contemplate the idea that the speed of light was constant in all frames or reference?
Did he say "I wonder what would happen if we considered light speed to be constant" in some kind of thought experiment. Did the concept fall serendipitously from the results of calculations?
I'm just wondering how it would occur to someone to think of that when additive velocities were just generally assumed. The very idea of a constant light speed was so bizarre in that realm of thought that I'm curious, especially when time being a linear constant was so accepted. I'm sure the story is out there but I can't find it.
tex
Did he say "I wonder what would happen if we considered light speed to be constant" in some kind of thought experiment. Did the concept fall serendipitously from the results of calculations?
I'm just wondering how it would occur to someone to think of that when additive velocities were just generally assumed. The very idea of a constant light speed was so bizarre in that realm of thought that I'm curious, especially when time being a linear constant was so accepted. I'm sure the story is out there but I can't find it.
tex