Life as we know it would not exist without this highly unusual number

March 24, 2022

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The fine-structure constant is a seemingly random number with no units or dimensions, which has cropped up in so many places in physics, and seems to control one of the most fundamental interactions in the universe.

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Life as we know it would not exist without this highly unusual number

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