“Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.”

“God is a pure mathematician!' declared British astronomer Sir James Jeans. The physical Universe does seem to be organised around elegant mathematical relationships. And one number above all others has exercised an enduring fascination for physicists: 137.0359991.... It is known as the fine-structure constant and is denoted by the Greek letter alpha (α).”

“Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.”

“Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.”

“From the intrinsic evidence of His creation the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician .”