Faster Than the Speed of Light The Story of a Scientific Speculation

Name: Faster Than the Speed of Light The Story of a Scientific Speculation
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ISBN: 9780142003619

ISBN-10: 0142003611

ISBN-13: 9780142003619

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joao Magueijo

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What if the speed of lightnow accepted as one of the unchanging foundations of modern physicswere not constant? Brilliant young physicist Joo Magueijo puts forth the heretical idea that light once traveled faster, in the very early days of the universean idea that may dethrone Einstein and forever change our understanding of the universe. Solving the most intractable problems of cosmology in one brilliant leap, Magueijos varying-speed-of-light theory (VSL) could have truly marvelous implications for space travel, black holes, time dilation, and string theoryand could help uncover the grand unified theory that ultimately eluded Einstein. Faster Than the Speed of Lighttells the remarkable…

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List price: $15.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English




Very Silly



The Story of C



Einstein's Bovine Dreams



Matters of Gravity



His Biggest Error



The Sphinx Universe



God on Amphetamine



Light Years



On a Damp Winter Morning



Goan Nights



Middle Age Crisis



The Gutenberg Battle



The Morning After



Altitude Sickness


Epilogue: Faster than Light


Acknowledgments


Credits


Index