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A.I. Shlyakhter

A.I. Shlyakhter, Russian physicist. Noted that the existence of the "natural" nuclear reactor at Oklo in Gabon gave evidence that the physical fine-structure constant α has changed less than 10-17 per year over the last two billion years. This idea was picked up and improved upon by Freeman Dyson. For more information, see [http://alexonline.info]