Sorta an armchair physicist / philosopher. Due to the consequences of changing these values, it begged to be asked.
2007-06-10 07:03:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Some believe that in the earliest nanoseconds of the big bang, light travelled at a different speed. See Magueijo's book for an excellent and fascinating explanation of this theory. If that is true, those constants would necessarily have changed as well.
If that changed, then perhaps some of our other cherished 'constants' or physical laws changed as well.
2007-06-10 13:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Their product is a constant (1/c^2, I think), so if they change individually, they must maintain that ratio, but then, there are relations between permittivity and permeability too, which again, I suppose will all get haywired if altered.
2007-06-10 14:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by sloth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-06-10 14:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by Aleph Null 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
changing just one of them two will change the velocity of the light
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_of_light
2007-06-10 14:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, add anything to it.
2007-06-13 11:48:12 · answer #5 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋