The Speed Of Light Can Never Be Exceeded. A Renowned Science Authority Pointed Out That, Although Speed Is Measured By Numbers,

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    The speed of light can never be exceeded. A renowned science authority pointed out that, although speed is measured by numbers, and one can always be added to any number, 186,000 miles per second is the absolute limit (Asimov, 235). Isaac Newton’s theory of relativity said that if a man were walking three miles per hour south on a train that was traveling one-hundred miles an hour north, the man would be traveling ninety-seven miles an hour north relative to the Earth and three miles an hour south relative to the train (Gardner, 9). Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity said the same thing except it included extreme instances also. His theory also included accelerated motion, gravity and inertia (Gardner, 170). Einstein’s theory takes a broader look of things and that is why it holds precedent over Isaac Newton’s theory today (Guillen, 203). Einstein’s theory explains why the speed of light can not be surpassed.
   
    Motion is relative (Einstein, 51). Both Einstein and Newton said that motion is relative to any vantagepoint. Newton, however, failed to take into account extremely high speeds (Gardner, 23). A mathematician explained that when Newton’s theory was used in these extreme cases, it fell apart (Davies, 22). Einstein developed a theory that would work in all cases, but by doing so, he limited the maximum speed that can be attained by any object to the speed of light (Gardner, 23). Einstein explained that the motion of one object is relative to any other object (Gardner, 24). A mathematician set up this example:
“A person is sitting in a chair as still as they can be on Earth. Earth however is traveling about the Sun at eighteen miles per second. The entire solar system is traveling around the center of the galaxy, and so on. The person sitting on the chair is not moving relative to Earth. The person is moving, however, at eighteen miles per second relative to the Sun and even faster relative to the galaxy.” (Gardner, 13)

Gardner also explains that light, itself, has a constant speed that does not change. He theorized that, if a flashlight were shown off the front of a speeding train, the speed of the train is not added to the speed of the light to determine the light’s speed. He said that the light beam’s speed, relative to the train as well as an observer who is standing next to the track, is 186,000 miles per second. (Gardner, 17). All scientists agree that this phenomenon is yet to be explained (Asimov, 56). If the

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