Abstract
Philosophers have long speculated that a link exists between natural numbers and the physical world...Pythagoras: "...all is number" John Dalton (1803): "...Atoms combine in simple numerical ratios..." Prout's hypothesis, published anonymously in 1815: "...the elements are different aggregates of the atoms of primordial hydrogen..." Alexandre Émile Beguyer de Chancourtois (1862): "...the properties of the elements are the properties of numbers..." William Harkins (1921): "...the ratio Z/(A - Z) never exceeds the value 0.62 in atomic species..." Within this book, readers with an interest in mathematics, science or natural philosophy will find this expectation addressed. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Boeyens, J. C. A., & Levendis, D. C. (2008). Number theory and the periodicity of matter. Number Theory and the Periodicity of Matter (pp. 1–374). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6660-3
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