The cosmic numbers
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 25 (12) , 30-34
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3071139
Abstract
Cosmic numbers have intrigued modern cosmologists ever since puzzling coincidences were first noticed between some of the large dimensionless constants. Here I will try to show not only that these numbers are interesting, but also that they are possibly important to our understanding of the physical world. Have the coincidences always existed or is it merely fortuitous that they occur at the present stage of evolution of the universe?Keywords
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