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I was wondering why the value of e is 1.6*10^-19 . and why the value of other fundamental constant are what they are? I mean why has nature allotted them these values? There appears to be nothing special in them. Thanks a lot......

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Physics Illinois News

Mason to receive 2012 APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

Chemla and Neubauer Named CAS Fellows

El-Khadra and Makins new APS Fellows

'Islands' may enable tunable 2D superconductivity

Greene elected US representative to IUPAP Commision

Lamb continues research, enjoys more travel in retirement

Upcoming Events

Wednesday 2/1/2012 3:30 pm: Physics Colloquium: "Measuring (effective) temperature at the single molecule scale"
Speaker: Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Thursday 2/2/2012 4:00 pm: Astrophysics Colloquium: Dr. Kaitlin M. Kratter, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: "Multiplicity in Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics"
Speaker: Dr. Kaitlin M. Kratter
Friday 2/3/2012 10:00 am: Thesis Defense, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Graphene films by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Speaker: Chandra Mohaptra
Friday 2/3/2012 11:00 am: Careers for Physicists, Scientists, and Engineers in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry
Speaker: Dr. Jerome Hubacek
Friday 2/3/2012 11:00 am: CTA Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar: "Gravity's Dark Side" - Mark Wyman (U. of Chicago)
Speaker: Mark Wyman, University of Chicago
Friday 2/3/2012 1:00 pm: Condensed Matter Seminar: Consequences of Frustration for Order in A-site Spinel Antiferromagnets
Speaker: Dr. Gregory J. MacDougall - Neutron Scattering Sciences Division - Oak Ridge National Laboratory - TN
Monday 2/6/2012 12:00 pm: ICMT Seminar: "Entanglement spectra in fractional quantum Hall "
Speaker: Dr. Maria Hermanns - Princeton University - Princeton NJ
Monday 2/6/2012 3:00 pm: 'Gene Regulation by Riboswitches: From Folding Landscape to System Level Description'
Speaker: Professor Dave Thirumalai, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Tuesday 2/7/2012 4:00 pm: Astrophysics Colloquium: Dr. Peter Barnes, Assistant Scientist: "Large-Scale Surveys of Star Formation in the Milky Way "
Speaker: Dr. Peter Barnes

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Apply today to the Physics Illinois' 2012 REU Program!

Community Outreach

: Physics Van is a traveling science road show for elementary school children and their teachers.
: Physics' own Mats Selen, the Whys Guy, explains the science behind everything. Professor Selen can be seen most Wednesday mornings on WCIA's Morning Show.
: Engineering Open House will take place on March 9-10, 2012. The open hours are 9am-4pm on Friday and 9am-3pm on Saturday. This year, they will have more than 230 exhibits ranging from concrete crushing to Newtonian fluid demonstrations.