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Because of electromagnetic forces acting on them, they would
have repelled one another into space. That would have made im-
possible the formation of atoms with more than one proton.
Therefore, the only possible element in the universe would have
been hydrogen.
On the other hand, had the strong nuclear force been only a
fraction larger in relation to the electromagnetic force, the ele-
ment hydrogen with its single proton could never have been

formed. The strong nuclear force would have dominated the
electromagnetic force, so that every proton in the universe
would have shown a tendency to cluster. As we have just said,
hydrogen with its single proton could not have emerged. In this
case, even if stars and galaxies had formed, they would have had
totally different properties. Clearly, if these elementary forces
were not balanced just as they are, no supernova, star, planet or

atom could have been formed—and consequently, no life ei-
ther. 19

The Weak Nuclear Force

The remaining one of the four elementary forces also has a
precisely determined constant value. This force is carried by
some sub-atomic particles and causes a form of radioactive
breakup. One example of this type of radioactive “split” is when
a neutron breaks up to release three particles—one proton, one
electron and one anti-neutron.
As you can see from this example, the neutron—one of the
fundamental particles in the atomic nucleus—is actually com-

prised by the combination of three other, smaller particles. The

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