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Cosmic numbers : the numbers that define our universe / James D. Stein.

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"Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children, and continues, for most of us, throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes, and end up balancing check books and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical signifi...

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Main Author: Stein, James D., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Cosmological constants.
Cosmology.
Table of Contents:
  • The gravitational constant
  • The speed of light
  • The ideal gas constant
  • Absolute zero
  • Avogadro's Number
  • Electricity and the proportionality constant
  • The Boltzmann Constant
  • The Planck Constant
  • The Schwarzschild Radius
  • The efficiency of hydrogen fusion
  • The Chandrasekhar Limit
  • The Hubble Constant
  • Omega
  • CODATA note.

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