A Matter of Fermions and Bosons

 

What is the world made up of? 

We all remember something about this from our school days: All matter is made up of atoms, which in turn are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. We also learnt over the years that things are not so simple..

This engaging video presents one of the best explanations I have come across so far, of what the latest scientific research tells us, as well the things it just cannot explain.

It tells you about the universe made up of energy fields made up of Fermions and Bosons. Fermions are made up Electrons, the Up-quark (Uq) and the Down-quark (Dq). The familiar protons and neutrons each contains three quarks...all the beauty and complexity we see in the world around us is made up us these three components, over and over again..

Then there is the fourth one, a peculiar cosmic ghost flowing through us all the time - the Neurtino.

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REFERENCES & LINKS

* https://www.quantamagazine.org/theories-of-everything-mapped-20150803/

* https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-video-tour-of-the-standard-model-20210716/