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Destined to be one of the most hotly debated books of the year-the fascinating story of how one brilliant young physicist's heretical idea may dethrone Einstein and forever change the way we see the universe
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In traditional Big Bang theories, there is a problem in describing why separate "regions" of the early Universe were able to homogeneously and simultaneously expand when they couldn't "communicate" because light hadn't had time to travel between them. Magueijo (theoretical physics, Imperial College, UK) has sought to resolve this and other contradictions of physics by controversially suggesting that the speed of light is in fact not an Einsteinian constant, but is instead a variable. Writing for a lay audience, he explains some of the implications of his theory, describes the path that led him to his conclusions, and discusses the reactions of the scientific community and others to his idea. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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