PIRSA:05100033

Faster than the Speed of Light: Could the Laws of Physics Change?

Magueijo, J. (2005). Faster than the Speed of Light: Could the Laws of Physics Change?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/05100033

Magueijo, Joao. Faster than the Speed of Light: Could the Laws of Physics Change?. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 22, 2005, https://pirsa.org/05100033 

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            language = {en},
            title = {Faster than the Speed of Light: Could the Laws of Physics Change?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2005},
            month = {oct},
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Joao Magueijo

Imperial College London

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PIRSA:05100033
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Abstract
Could the laws of physics change? 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. 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