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In this lecture:
- What is light?
- The Aether
Narrowing down the eligible attributes for the Aether can help us test this hypothesized
medium empirically, and get a better understanding of what the Aether is like;
• the Aether must have no resistance, allowing solid objects to pass through it easily
The Aether is, therefore, visualized as a ghostlike wind or flow passing athwart the
earth.