“If the deep logic of what determines the value of the fine-structure constant also played a significant role in our understanding of… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“Take this neat little equation here. It tells me all the ways an electron can make itself comfortable in or around an… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“The power of the deductive network produced in physics has been illustrated in a delightful article by Victor F. Weisskopf. He begins… — Gerald Holton Copy Share Image
“there are no arbitrary constants ... nature is so constituted that it is possible logically to lay down such strongly determined laws… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“... it should be remembered that the atomicity of electric charge has already found its expression in the specific numerical value of… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
“Since only a narrow range of the allowed values for, say, the fine structure constant will permit observers to exist in the… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“The focus of history and philosophy of science scholar Arthur Miller’s (2010) "137: Jung and Pauli and the Pursuit of Scientific Obsession"… — Todd Hayen Copy Share Image
“There is only one universal language, which is the language of numbers and proportions that are so striking and stunningly built into… — Willem Witteveen Copy Share Image
“We can measure the fine structure constant with very great precision, but so far none of our theories has provided an explanation… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“The unsolved problems of the physical world now seem even more formidable than those solved in the twentieth century. Though in application… — Gerald Holton Copy Share Image
“The Golden Mean was considered a fundamental constant by the Egyptians and the fundamental division of the whole into two parts.” — Richard Heath Copy Share Image
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