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The history of science is the study of the historical development of science and scientific knowledge, including both the natural sciences and social sciences.
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The fine-structure constant derives its name from its origin. It first appeared in Sommerfeld's work to explain the fine details of the hydrogen spectrum. ... Since Sommerfeld expressed the energy states of the hydrogen atom in terms of the constant [alpha], it came to be called the fine-structure constant.
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― Hydrogen: The Essential Element
― Hydrogen: The Essential Element
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Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, to present-day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist Roger Penrose, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties. But the fascination with the Golden Ratio is not confined just to mathematicians. Biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists
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― The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
― The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
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