Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?
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| Author | Joseph Levy |
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| Language | French |
| Subject | Relativity, Aether |
| Published | 1991 |
| Publisher | Encre |
| Pages | 69 |
Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction? (French: L'invariance de la vitesse de la lumière : réalité ou fiction ?) is a 1991 book by the physicist Joseph Levy, published by Éditions Encre (Paris).
Overview
In this early statement of his neo-Lorentzian programme, Levy questions the standard interpretation of the invariance of the one-way speed of light. He argues that the apparent invariance is an artefact of measurement — a consequence of length contraction, clock retardation, and clock-synchronization procedures using light signals — and that these effects conceal a fundamental aether frame. The themes are developed further in his later works From Galileo to Lorentz... and Beyond and Relativity and Aether Theory, a Crucial Distinction.
About the author
Joseph Lévy is a French physicist known for reviving Lorentz–Poincaré aether theory and for his neo-Lorentzian critique of special relativity.
Publication details
- Author: Joseph Levy
- Publisher: Encre, Paris
- Published: 1991
- Language: French
- Pages: 69