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IN the last fifteen years, the situation in fundamental physics has undergone a remarkable change. Previously only very few elementary particles were known; and optimistic observers, in fact, believed that it would be a comparatively simple task to elucidate the inter-relations of these particles and to account for the values of the few dimensionless constants (such as the fine-structure constant and the ratio of proton to electron mass) derivable from them. It was even said that the end of physics might be in sight.
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PEIERLS, R. Fundamental Particles. Nature 158, 773–775 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158773a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/158773a0