Fundamental constants and their time variation
โ Scribed by H. Fritzsch
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6410
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