Re: Doppler question

[Igal Galili <igal@vms.huji.ac.il>]

> You have neglected motion of the medium. That is not a problem
> with light; there is no medium. With sound there is a medium.
> It was precisely this difference that led to the formulation
> of the special theory of relativity (or SRT if you're left-
> handed).
>
> Leigh

I would add only few words to the last sentence:

"It was precisely this difference [in regard to mutual motion of a magnet
and conducting loop] that led to the formulation of the special theory of
relativity [although the latter is often presented in textbooks as
following zero result in Michelson-Morli experiment]."

Igal