Fine-structure-constant Quote by Arthur Stanley Eddington

“Fine Structure Constant: Fundamental numerical constant of atomic physics and quantum electrodynamics, defined as the square of the charge of the electron divided by…

— Steven Weinberg

“... it should be remembered that the atomicity of electric charge has already found its expression in the specific numerical value of the fine…

— Wolfgang Pauli

“The bridge between the electron and the other elementary particles is provided by the fine structure constant. ... An expanded form of the constant…

— Malcolm H. Mac Gregor

“The fine-structure constant is ubiquitous throughout physics. I’ve already noted its connection to the electromagnetic interaction. In atomic physics, the binding energy, fine-structure splitting,…

— Gerald Gabrielse

There are considerable mysteries surrounding the strange values that Nature's actual particles have for their mass and charge. For example, there is the unexplained…

— Roger Penrose

“The theoretical determination of the fine structure constant is certainly the most important of the unsolved problems of modern physics.”

— Wolfgang Pauli

“The strength of the electromagnetic interaction, for example, is fixed by a number called the “fine-structure constant,” a famous quantity in physics that is…

— Sean Carroll

“If the deep logic of what determines the value of the fine-structure constant also played a significant role in our understanding of all the…

— John D. Barrow

“Itwas one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant wasimportant. Now of course it's still important, of course, as a…

— Steven Weinberg

“In his first philosophical lecture on modern physics that Pauli gave in November 1934 to the Zurich Philosophical Society he said that only a…

— Charles P. Enz

“True, the Standard Model does explain a very great deal. Nevertheless it is not yet a proper theory, principally because it does not satisfy…

— Anonymous

“While twentieth-century physicists were not able to identify any convincing mathematical constants underlying the fine structure, partly because such thinking has normally not been…

— Carl Johan Calleman