The Curious History of Relativity:

[Steven]

	Fascinating.  And no understanding of the atomic structure that  
would have to collapse to produce that mass-density either, I  
assume?  What was understood scientifically in the 17th cen. re that?


On Oct 21, 2006, at 7:23 AM, Monte Davis wrote:

>
> It doesn't require a theory beyond the finite velocity of light  
> (known since Roemer in the 17th C.),  Newtonian physics to  
> calculate escape velocity, and a bit of math to detremine the mass/ 
> density at which the latter exceeds the former. No relativity  
> required.

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