The number he was referring to, which goes by the symbol alpha and the rather more long-winded name of the fine-structure constant, is magic indeed.
他所指的数字依据字母阿尔法和一个更加冗长的精细结构常数，该数的确神奇。
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Instead, this' magic number 'known as the fine-structure constant —' alpha 'for short — appears to vary throughout the universe.
并且，被称作“魔幻数字”的微细构造常数(缩写为‘alpha’)似乎在整个宇宙中不停的变化着。
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She seemed to have forgotten that she could do magic, too, for she lit the candles clumsily by hand, her trailing lace cuff in constant danger of catching fire.