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Faster than the speed of light : the story of a scientific speculation / João Magueijo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magueijo, João.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Light--Speed.
- Light.
- Physics--Research.
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Story of a scientific speculation
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Perseus Book Group, [2003]
- Summary:
- Cambridge University-trained theoretical physicist Magueijo puts forth an extraordinary speculation: light traveled faster in the early universe than it does today. His theory of the varying speed of light (VSL) solves some of the most intractable problems in cosmology--specifically the flatness problem, the horizon problem, and the energy of space itself.
- Contents:
- Very silly
- pt. 1. The story of C: Einstein's bovine dreams
- Matters of gravity
- His biggest error
- The sphinx universe
- God on amphetamine
- pt. 2. Light years: On a damp winter morning
- Goan nights
- Middle age crisis
- The Gutenberg battle
- The morning after
- Altitude sickness
- Epilogue : faster than light.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0738205257
- OCLC:
- 51325828
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