Cosmologies with varying speed of light: a historical perspective

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2006.04.004MaRDI QIDQ643075zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Helge Kragh

Publication date 27 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.04.004

zbMATH Keywords

speed of lightcosmologylawsnatural constants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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