> On 12 May 2019, at 09:08, Evgenii Rudnyi <[email protected]> wrote: > > ‘I believe there are > 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 > protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons.’ > > Eddington, Arthur S. 1939. The Philosophy of Physical Science. Cambridge: > Cambridge University Press. p. 170. The beginning of the Chapter XI, The > Physical Universe.
Lol. I guess this concerns the observable universe, which has grown a lot since 1939. (Cf Hubble and “Hubble) Any idea of why that particular number? Beyond the apparent joke? Bruno > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2158abf8-82c9-8b49-eeb1-43415021244d%40rudnyi.ru. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/5C1321EA-B461-4657-B909-C1F14FF11CC5%40ulb.ac.be.
