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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

dous rate of expansion. It is obvious that a dramatically conscious and cont-
rolled process is in progress here. A massive explosion gives way to great
equilibrium and precise order. Protons and neutrons have started to come
together to form the atom, the building block of matter. It is certainly totally
impossible for these particles to have the power and consciousness to estab-
lish the delicate balances required for the formation of matter.
◆ During the epoch following this formation, the temperature of the
universe has dropped to one billion degrees. This temperature is 60 times the
temperature at the core of our sun. Only 3 minutes and 2 seconds have elap-
sed from the first instant to this one. By now, sub-atomic particles like pho-
tons, protons, anti protons, neutrinos and anti-neutrinos are abundant. The
quantities of all the particles existing in this phase and their interactions with
each other are extremely critical. So much so that the slightest variation in
the quantity of any particle will destroy the energy level set by them and
prevent the conversion of energy into matter.
Take electrons and positrons for example: when electrons and positrons
come together, energy is produced. Therefore, the numbers of both particles
are very important. Let us say that 10 units of electrons and 8 units of posit-
rons meet. In this case, 8 of the 10 units of electrons interact with 8 units of
positrons and produce energy. As a result, 2 units of electrons are released.
Since the electron is one of the particles forming the atom that is the building
block of the universe, it has to be available in required quantities in this sta-
ge so that the universe may exist. To take up the abovementioned example, if
the number of positrons was more than that of the electrons, then positrons
would be left over instead of electrons as a result of the energy released and
the material universe would never be formed. If the numbers of
positrons and electrons were equal, then only energy would
be produced and nothing left to form the material universe.
Yet, this excess in the number of electrons has been arran-
ged in such a way as to match the number of protons in
the universe in the time that follows this moment. In the
atom that will form later on, the numbers of electrons and
protons will be equal.
The numbers of particles that emerged in the aftermath
Steven Weinberg of the Big Bang were determined with so precise a calculati-

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