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Dimensionless Constants in Physics
Forgive me if this topic is too much in the realm of philosophy. John Baez has an interesting perspective on the relative importance of dimensionless constants, which he calls fundamental like alpha, ...
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Is the Fine Stucture constant constant?
I have read that the fine structure constant may well not be a constant. Now, if this were to be true, what would be the effect of a higher or lower value? (and why?)
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What if physical constants were increased or decreased?
(Probably related to this one, and probably should be CW.)
A very long time ago, I had the good fortune to read George Gamow's excellent series of Mr. Tompkins books. That introduced me to the idea ...
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What's keeping us from simply redefining Avogadro's Number / the Mole as a definite integer?
This might be a question to ask in a Chemistry site, but because there is a lot of talk about redefining many units of measurements in terms of Avogadro's Number / the Mole, I was wondering why we ...
