The equivalence principle and the constants of nature

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Damour, Thibault ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Constants; Equivalence Principle; Gravitation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE STRUCTURE; APRIORI; CONSTANTS; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; HISTORICAL TRENDS;

GRAVITATION;

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL;

EID: 75749138483     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9533-6     Document Type: Article

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