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Cosmic numbers : the numbers that define our universe /

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stein, James D., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.