Dirac large numbers hypothesis
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title:
Dirac large numbers hypothesis
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The Dirac large numbers hypothesis (LNH) is an observation made by Paul Dirac in 1937 relating ratios of size scales in the Universe to that of force scales. The ratios constitute very large, dimensionless numbers: some 40 orders of magnitude in the present cosmological epoch. According to Dirac's hypothesis, the apparent similarity of these ratios might not be a mere coincidence but instead could imply a cosmology with these unusual features:
- The strength of gravity, as represented by the g
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Hypothesis relating age of the universe to physical constants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_large_numbers_hypothesis
date created:
2004-12-27T06:35:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:30:41Z
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