Stewart Butterfield!! He correctly stated the significance of both Physics Football Team shirt numbers. A No-Prize is winging it’s way from the blackbeltjones-bullpen to Vancouver…

“Feynman and (1/)137 is explained here (it was also discussed in QED and probably mentioned in his other books as well).

I don’t know the 10^88 connection, but I’m pretty sure the standard model give 10^79 for the number of particles (not atoms) in the universe (google … google … OK, I’m wrong: 10^88 it is).”

Honourary mentions to Eric Scheid who got the Sagan connection, and Astroboy for being first, if a little off…!