The inconstant constant.
Discusses physics research at the University of New South Wales and elsewhere, which indicates that alpha and other physical constants can change over time. How alpha is calculated, the role of the expanding universe, and the red shift; Mention of string theory, or M-theory, that might allow consta...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 363; no. 8267; pp. 69 - 71 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
4/6/2002
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