A Brief History of Time Nobel Prizewinner Bill Phillips (#265)
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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Isn't 10 to the 23rd a Single Molecule Guacamole?
Using these clocks, we can test whether the fundamental constants are in fact constant. The fine structure constant is really important to determining what life is like. It tells us how strong the electromagnetic forces are. If they're not the same, then it means that Einstein's theory is his equivalence principle is wrong. Right now quantum mechanics and general relativity cannot be put together in a consistent way.
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