From: "Vladimir Galogaza" 
To: "ATM shore" 
Reply-To: "Vladimir Galogaza" 


John,


>>Photons are sure a weird idea when you think about it.  They carry
>>momentum
>>and energy but have no mass, and ever since General Relativity, they
>>respond to gravity as well.

Photons DO HAVE a mass indeed, so they have no problem with gravity . They
behave as Newtons apples do.

>I sure wish I knew how Albert persuaded them to begin responding to
>gravity.

Aforementioned AA was thinking  in the following way. He postulated E=ma^2
but photons could not care less.  He continued in a logical way with E=mb^2
and as you know his third attempt E=mc^2 was full success, photons were
happy with this and obeyed  uncle Albert's suggestion since.

Photon do not have REST mass. They are restless. If you stop them they
"rest in piece" literally, to the sorrow of ATM community.

Regards
Vladimir.

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