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		<title>Common misconceptions: light slows down in a medium</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As students of physics, we learn when studying Special Relativity that the speed of light is constant. When we study geometric optics, we learn that the speed of light slows down in a medium. This seeming contradiction leads to a completely understandable misconception about the nature of light. I was reminded of this while reading [...]]]></description>
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