#5 A Brief History of Time - Elementary particles and the forces of nature
Updated: Jul 31, 2023
Chapter 5:
Aristotle VS. Democritus
Aristotle believes all the matter in the universe was made up of 4 elements- earth, air, fire, and water
Democritus holds that matter was made of various different kinds of atoms (atom means indivisible in Greek)
Brownian motion
In 1905, Einstein pointed out that Brownian motion can be explained by the irregular random motion of small particles of dust suspended in the liquid.
Quarks
Protons and electrons are made of quarks
There can be an entire world made of antiparticles ( mostly antiquarks)
Force carrying particles
Gravitational force
Electromagnetic force
Weak nuclear force
Strong nuclear force
Combined symmetry CPT
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