Talk:Nuclear fusion

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The statement "Don't worry though as it takes a very long time for stars to die, much longer than the age of the Earth." does not make sense. I mean it is not stating anything. Obviously our sun has been around longer than the earth. This unsigned comment was added by 216.19.221.98 (talk • contribs) .

This would only be obvious to someone who knew this already. Also, the sentence does not refer to Sol specifically, but instead gives a simple point of reference of the lifetime for any given star to people unfamiliar with astronomy. Sure I agree the "Don't worry" bit should be taken out (pov?), but this is wikipedia ;) why don't you have a go! :D MattOates 17:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] constants important only to physics?

I am not a physicist or a scientist, and this is also my first day in Simple English Wikipedia. I am an engineer and I use math a lot, and so when I read that the concept of a constant was very important to physics, I thought "Well, it is really important to mathematics, too, and maybe that should be mentioned".

If the concept of a constant with regard to physics is unique to the general mathematical definition, perhaps this could be further explained. I am guessing that you are hinting that it is unique because only in physics are contants actually dictated by immutable reality instead of assigned by humans for the purpose of solving an algebra problem like if I have these two lines where will they intersect.

It just struck me as odd that you didn't mention that constants are important to mathematics or algebra. SECUTOR7 17:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I agree, but the context of the article is a description of a physical phenomenon, not a general discussion. It's bad enough that I ramble on about Stars and everything else! I'd be happy to link to a Mathematical constant page you might like to make, and remove that bit of the article ;) Constant exists but is a poor stub article. MattOates 21:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)