1/137 = magic number?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSSgxV9qNw
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSSgxV9qNw
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
As soon as I saw this title I thought of the Fine Structure Constant, but then I did study postgraduate Nuclear Physics at university. :)
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As soon as I saw this title I thought of the Fine Structure Constant, but then I did study postgraduate Nuclear Physics at university. :)
I found that my youtube link did not work. But yes you are correct "The Fine Structure Constant is one the strangest numbers in all of physics. It’s the job of physicists to worry about numbers, but there’s one number that physicists have stressed about more than any other. That number is 0.00729735256 - approximately 1/137. This is the fine structure constant, and it appears everywhere in our equations of quantum physics, and we’re still trying to figure out why." (side note: Looking at your background I saw the reference to Algol. I also used Algol many,many moons ago. It was one of the first programming languages I used. Fortran followed as that compiler became available and was class required. Why Is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems In Physics? - YouTube[^]
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSSgxV9qNw
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
You see. there is a God. And He's trolling y'all. :thumbsup:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSSgxV9qNw
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
The PBS Space Time channel is well worth subscribing to. I find that I lose much time watching these.
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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You see. there is a God. And He's trolling y'all. :thumbsup:
