Fine Structure Constant

Famous quotes containing the words fine, structure and/or constant:

    “When we consider how much climate contributes to the happiness of our condition, by the fine sensation it excites, and the productions it is the parent of, we have reason to value highly the accident of birth in such a one as that of Virginia.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “When a house is tottering to its fall,
    The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part,
    One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads,
    And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “There’s nothing constant in the world,
    All ebb and flow, and every shape that’s born
    Bears in its womb the seeds of change.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)