Russell, On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 15:23:10 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote: >...< > (eg progressively falling light speed does marvels for some > theories but can produce universes which are dangerously young and therefore > unacceptable) Something has always puzzled me about light - if Einstein is right, how can it exhibit Doppler shift? As I understand it, the latter is due to the wave arriving at the receiver at a different speed from that with which it left the transmitter, but if the speed of light is constant to the observer, how can it "slow down" to give red-shift? Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.