Speed is one of humanity’s oldest obsessions. From the moment we first watched a cheetah blur across the savanna or felt a storm roll in faster than we could run, we’ve been captivated by the question ...
The great Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) tried to measure the velocity of light by means of lantern signals between mountain tops. Naturally he failed. Light travels about 186,270 miles (more than seven ...