Scientists Slow Speed of Light
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: February 18, 1999
Article abstract: A Danish physicist and her collaborators reduced light’s speed from 186,000 miles (299,274 kilometers) per second to 38 miles (61 kilometers) per hour.
Slowing Light’s Speed
On February 18, 1999, a long letter appeared in Nature, a preeminent scientific journal, explaining how Lene Vestergaard Hau and her colleagues had spectacularly slowed down the speed of light from 186,000 miles (299,274 kilometers) per second to 38 miles (61 kilometers) per hour. According to physicist Albert Einstein, nothing can travel faster than...
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