[thechat] Speed of light may have changed recently

Erik Mattheis gozz at gozz.com
Sat Jul 3 23:35:24 CDT 2004


On Saturday, July 3, 2004, at 03:58  AM, Madhu Menon wrote:
> Will the physicists on this list please explain the rest of the 
> article in plain English?

I think it's probably impossible to describe it more clearly than the 
article, as physics is expressed in math, not speech ... and when you 
get beyond the basics, you can't be more descriptive than a "parameter 
called the fine structure constant, or alpha, which dictates the 
strength of the electromagnetic force" without using math.
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