On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 9:24:05 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 12 May 2019, at 09:08, Evgenii Rudnyi <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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. > > The number is curiously not that different from the currently understood number.
To be honest I think there is only one electron in the universe. All these electrons we see are just the same electron weaving through space and time. LC > 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] <javascript:>. > > 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/eae6b0b3-4255-4262-8f1b-08cf26418660%40googlegroups.com.
