A Novel Solution to the Century Old Light Speed Paradox; Divorce of the Light Postulate from Special Relativity; Relativity of Electromagnetic Fields.
From elementary algebra and common sense, we know that given that V is different from zero. Yet we have lived with one of the daunting paradoxes in the history of science " for more than one hundred years, where C is the speed of light and V is the velocity of an observer. All known experiments, including those performed to disprove it, confirmed it. Over a period of one hundred years, the scientific community has exhausted on three theories to define and resolve this paradox: the ether theory, the emission theory and special relativity. The former two have long been rejected decisively. The majority of the scientific community assumes that this paradox has already been resolved by special relativity. Yet scientists outside the mainstream thought have always realized that relativity is not a true theory of nature, and thus looking back to the long rejected ether and emission theories. Special relativity has remained counterintuitive since its inception and has resulted in many unsolved paradoxes, creating many more paradoxes than it solved. The scientific community has been stuck in relativity for over a century because of three factors: 1. The lack of any alternative theory that could explain the long standing problems of reference frames and solve the light speed paradox and the apparent success of special relativity in resolving these paradoxes 2. The subtly unquestioned (yet false) bond between special relativity and the light postulate, which made relativity undefeatable 3. And the firm experimental foundation of the light (the second) postulate. Because of the perceived (and stated) link between the light postulate and special relativity, most attempts to disprove relativity focused on disproving the light postulate, and hence failed. No one ever thought of the possibility that the light postulate could be correct and relativity wrong. Therefore, a scientist who disliked Einstein's relativity theory automatically rejected the light postulate. This paper introduces a new way to resolve the light speed paradox and hence divorcing Einstein's light postulate from his theory of special relativity. The light wave contracts towards (or expands away from) the source depending on the relative velocity V of the source and the observer so that the speed of light is always equal to C relative to the observer. The apparent velocity (C' of light relative to the source changes so that the speed of light relative to the observer is always equal to C i.e. C C' V (vector sum/difference) This theory is self evident as it is an immediate consequence of the well established facts: constancy of the speed of light and Doppler effect of light, in which wavelength changes and speed of light remains constant.