Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific SpeculationThe idea that the speed of light is a constant - at 186,000 miles per second - is one of the few scientific facts that almost everyone knows. That constant - c- also appears in the most famous of all scientific equations: e=mc2- Yet over the last few years, a small group of highly reputable young physicists have suggested that the central dogma of modern physics may not be an absolute truth - light may have moved faster in the earlier life of the universe, it may still be moving at different speeds elsewhere today. |
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Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation Joćo Magueijo No preview available - 2003 |