Paul Dirac's large numbers hypothesis

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:field gptkb:cosmology
physics
gptkbp:hasConcept The gravitational constant may vary inversely with the age of the universe.
Certain large dimensionless numbers in physics are related and their values are not coincidental.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Dirac's large numbers hypothesis
gptkbp:influenced variable gravitational constant theories
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dirac's_cosmology
fine-structure constant
dimensionless physical constants
gptkbp:yearProposed 1937
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hoyle–Narlikar_theory_of_gravity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7