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“The significance of [the fine-structure constant] goes far beyond atomic physics, however. It is the smallness of 1/137 compared to unity that enables us to treat the coupling between the electromagnetic field and a charged particle such as an electron as a small perturbation, a fact of great computational importance. [Forces of Nature]”

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“Tidak ada kesalah-pahaman mengenai ilmuwan yang lebih besar daripada kepercayaan yang berkembang bahwa mereka adalah individu-individu yang dingin, keras, dan tak berjiwa.”

Book:The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

“Belief in a divine being who starts the universe off and then “sits back” to watch events unfold, taking no direct part in subsequent affairs, is known as “deism.” Here God’s nature is captured by the image of the perfect watchmaker, a sort of cosmic engineer, who designs and constructs a vast and elaborate mechanism and then sets it going.”

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Book:The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

“An eternal universe is incompatible with the continuing existence of irreversible physical processes.”

Book:The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

“At the heart of thermodynamics lies the second law, which forbids heat to flow spontaneously from cold to hot bodies, while allowing it to flow from hot to cold. This law is therefore not reversible: it imprints upon the universe an arrow of time, pointing the way of unidirectional change.”

Book:The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World

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