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Two New Sciences

Two New Sciences

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Aug 24, 2026

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The Speed of Light_ And How It Breaks Our Reality

Aug 24 · 1 Mention

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The first person to actually attempt measuring light speed was Galileo Galilei.
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In his sixteen thirty-eight book, Two New Sciences, Galileo described an experiment that sounds almost comically simple.
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Two observers would stand on distant hilltops near Florence, each holding a covered lantern.
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The first observer would uncover their lantern, and the moment the second observer saw the flash, they would uncover theirs.

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