... and because light appears to have the same speed in all inertial frames, physicists take the "maximum speed" to be the speed of light. (Ca.1972) ... ...ecial relativity, in the words of two mid 20th-century Cornell University physicists, F. K. Richtmyer and E. H. Kennard, are only "a sort of kinemat... ... and E. H. Kennard, are only "a sort of kinematical perspective" like the optical illusion of a rod stuck in water that appears to be bent but is st... ...ation is reported to have taken place in the summer of 1950 between famed physicists Enrico Fermi and Edward Teller: Fermi: Edward, what do you ... ... infinite would we expect there to be no distortion at any speed. Visual/optical distortion does not equate to a real change. Similarly, when w...