Popular science coverage of theoretical physics frequently fantasizes over the fraction 1/137. New Scientist hyperbolically called it “the answer to life, the universe, and everything.” Numerologists, including religious ones, have been inspired by the number. Find out more in bigthink…
What’s special about alpha is that it’s regarded as the best example of a pure number, one that doesn’t need units. It actually combines three of nature’s fundamental constants – the speed of light, the electric charge carried by one…
In the workforce, where women make up 47% of employees, they only represent a quarter of the jobs in mathematical sciences and 13% of engineers. learn more in fastcompany These 3 Stem Fields Dominated By Women By Lydia Dishman was…
