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Are Fundamental Nature Constants like light speed,Plank constant,etc.contingent or can be deduced from Theory?

April 26, 2017constant constants deduced fundamental light Nature Plank speed Theory

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Are Fundamental Nature Constants like light speed,Plank constant,etc.contingent or can be deduced from Theory?

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Lights speed is a constant that can be derived, but the constants upon which it hinges (eg permitivity constant) needed to be measured. Einstein’s relativity came as a theory when he saw that the speed of light came directly out of Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetism.