There have been suggestions that the value of the gravitational constant `G` becomes smaller when considered over very large time period (in billions of years) in the future. If the happens for our earth.

There have been suggestions that the value of the gravitational constant G becomes smaller when considered over very large time period (in billions of years) in the future. If that happens, for our earth,

There have been suggested that the value of the gravitational constant G becomes smaller when considered over very large time period (in billions of years) in the future. If that happens, for our earth.

A great physicist of this century (P. A. M. Dirac) loved playing with numerical values of fundamental constant of nature. This led him to an instreasing observaion. Dirac found that form the basic constant of atomin physice (c,e, mass of electron mass of proton) and the gravitational constant G, he could arrive at a number with the dimension of time. Further, it was a very large number, its magnitude being close to the present estimate on the age of the universe (~~ 15 billion years). Form the table of fundamental constants in this book, try to see if you too can construct this number (or any other instresting number you can think of). if its coincidence with the age of the universe ware significant, what would this imply for the constancy of fundamental constants ?

Agreat physicist of this century (RA.M. Dirac) loved playing with numerical values of Fundamental constants of nature. This led him to an interesting observation. Dirac found that from the basic constants of atomic physics (c, e, mass of electron, mass of proton) and the gravitational constant G, he could arrive at a number with the dimension of time. Further, it was a very large number, its magnitude being close to the present estimate on the age of the universe (~15 billion years) . From the table of fundamental constants in this book, try to see if you too can construct this number (or any other interesting number you can think of). If its coincidence with the age of the universe were significant, what would this imply for the constancy of fundamental constants ?