In her last post, SCARC intern and History of Science graduate student Elizabeth Maureen Nielsen referred to Maxwell’s mathematical solutions for many of the theoretical problems facing mid-nineteenth century physics.

In her latest post, Nielsen continues this exploration, looking at one of the most frequently recurring problems in physics was the problem of light, and how light travels. Can light – or sound, or any other ephemeral wave – travel in a vacuum? Can it travel through space?

Read more about Maxwell, Michelson, and Morley at http://osurarebooks.tumblr.com/post/144273316091/maxwell-michelson-and-morley.