“In his first philosophical lecture on modern physics that Pauli gave in November 1934 to the Zurich Philosophical Society he said that… — Charles P. Enz Copy Share Image
“Numbers, furthermore as archetypal structural constants of the collective unconscious, possess a dynamic, active aspect which is especially important to keep in… — Marie-Louise von Franz 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
“In the context of physics, 137 is equal to the integer part of the inverse of the fine structure constant ... The… — Leon O Chua Copy Share Image
“To calculate 'the' fine structure constant, 1/137, we would need a realistic model of just about everything, and this we do not… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“In short, the idea dawns that the one universal principle which possibly ... between force and structure, the embodiment of the Principle… — Marja de Vries Copy Share Image
“It is shown that the golden ratio plays a prominent role in the dimensions of all objects which exhibit five-fold symmetry. It… — Richard A. Dunlap Copy Share Image
“There is a most profound and beautiful question associated with the observed coupling constant, e - the amplitude for a real electron… — Richard P. Feynman 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
“God is a pure mathematician!' declared British astronomer Sir James Jeans. The physical Universe does seem to be organised around elegant mathematical… — Paul Davies 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
“Quite obviously, a theoretical determination of the numerical value of α would signify great progress in our understanding of fundamental interactions. Many… — Harald Fritzsch Copy Share Image
“A good example of the archetypal ideas which the archetypes produce are natural numbers or integers. With the aid of the integers… — K. V. Laurikainen Copy Share Image
“Here the attention of the research workers is primarily directed to the problem of reconciling the claims of the special relativity theory… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
“Realizing its fundamental importance in understanding spectral lines, in atomic physics and in the theory of how light and electrons interact, quantum… — Arthur I. Miller Copy Share Image
“Fine Structure Constant: Fundamental numerical constant of atomic physics and quantum electrodynamics, defined as the square of the charge of the electron… — Steven Weinberg 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
“True, the Standard Model does explain a very great deal. Nevertheless it is not yet a proper theory, principally because it does… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Highly complex numbers like the Comma of Pythagoras, Pi and Phi (sometimes called the Golden Proportion), are known as irrational numbers. They… — Mark Booth Jonathan Black Copy Share Image
“Itwas one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant wasimportant. Now of course it's still important, of course,… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The prime number 137 had continuously occupied Pauli's mind. It is an approximate value for a constant appearing in the fine structure… — K. V. Laurikainen Copy Share Image
“The fine-structure constant is ubiquitous throughout physics. I’ve already noted its connection to the electromagnetic interaction. In atomic physics, the binding energy,… — Gerald Gabrielse Copy Share Image
