PIRSA:06060057

Faster than the Speed of Light - Could the laws of physics change?

Magueijo, J. (2006). Faster than the Speed of Light - Could the laws of physics change?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/06060057

Magueijo, Joao. Faster than the Speed of Light - Could the laws of physics change?. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 23, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06060057 

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            language = {en},
            title = {Faster than the Speed of Light - Could the laws of physics change?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2006},
            month = {jun},
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Joao Magueijo

Imperial College London

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The laws of physics are usually meant to be set in stone; variability is not usually part of physics. Yet contradicting Einstein\'s tenet of the constancy of the speed of light raises nothing less than that possibility. I will discuss some of the more dramatic implications of a varying speed of light. João Magueijo is Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He is currently visiting Perimeter Institute and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics at Cambridge University, and has been a visiting scientist at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University. Joao Magueijo, Theory of Relativity, speed of light, VSL, varying speed of light, Dirac, cosmology, geometry, dimensional, dimensionless, Bekenstein, Brans-Dicke, varying constant, Einstein, time dilation, length contraction, horizons, Big Bang, grand-unified theory, Planck length, Planck time, gravity, space, time, quantum gravity, varying alpha, Kelvin, quasar, laws of physics