Constants of nature: From alpha to omega
By, Barrow, John D.
Publisher: Vintage
Class No.: 530.81 BAR
Accession No.: 008051
Year: 2002
Pages: 352 p.

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Constants of Nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity of magnetism the speed of light and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They express our greatest knowledge and our greatest ignorance about the cosmos. Yet while we have become skilled at measuring the values of these constants our frustrating inability to explain or predict their values shows how much we still have to learn about the inner workings of the Universe.