Quarks Explained in Four Minutes - Physics Girl

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Published 2015-06-26
Protons and neutrons are made of three quarks, right? Wrong! Explore the particle they should have told you about when you were a kid!

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All Comments (21)
  • The fact that pulling quarks apart takes so much energy that it creates new quarks  has to be the single most amazing aspect of reality ever
  • @WinstonMakes
    I'm honestly astonished at how quickly, yet clearly you explained that...
  • @PrsqSkate
    I'm in my final year of my physics degree and this made way more sense than any lecture/textbook description I've encountered about the quark model. Thank you Physics Girl, you're amazing. Please keep making videos!
  • @KingCrocoduck
    Explaining the properties of quarks with candy? And using licorice to separate them when showing the quark part of the standard model?! Brilliant.
  • @emdeeeff
    I think the important question here is, how can we go about creating an environment where M&M's can spontaneously pop into existence?  I can already take care of the popping OUT part of the process...
  • @AZ-vy4gl
    This is one of the best descriptions I've heard in 3 years, learning about this stuff 4-5 hours/night. Thank you for this.
  • @donobrien9173
    If there had been an internet in the late 70's and I'd seen this video back then... There weren't videos I knew of on the Arpanet when I was doing my physics co-op at NASA... Why couldn't any of my (PhD in physics) professors have made it this easy? I changed to Computer Science and turned out OK, but I still wonder what might have happened if I'd stayed as a physics major. I'm retired now. I'm loving your videos, and re-learning things I'm pretty sure I used to know, and EASILY learning things I know I never knew! Love that you got together with Simone. Two of my favorite you-Tubers!
  • @MrBeiragua
    I'm not really fat, it's just that my quarks come with a lot of energy.
  • @besmart
    Three quarks for Muster Mark! (but not for protons and neutrons, I guess)
  • @IlIlllIlll
    Thats why I love Physics. My brain is full of explanations of phenomenons and explanations of how the universe rolls! I myself want to be an astrophysicist when I'm older.
  • I've been researching this concept for hours now, and this video is the most helpful thing yet that I've stumbled upon. Thank you very much!
  • @beechy34
    wow quarks are amazing not only do they seem to appear and disappear, but they are also a currency converter as well 1:40
  • Wow! This was brilliant! Not only did you answer questions about quarks I didn't know I had!.. but you did it in a way that I do believe young kids will easily get!  Using candy as the theme for all the visual aids was also brilliant. You didn't dumb anything down either.  Can't praise this video enough. Keep up the excellent work! :0
  • It looks like sooo much effort was put into this. Excellent video; I'm a new subscriber and love your stuff already <3
  • This is the best explanation of quarks and color charge I've found on YouTube. Well, for the beginner at least. I enjoyed the blog too. Thanks.
  • @danedacosta5519
    Love the enthusiasm and method of explanation....best vids ive come across
  • @saygeek3753
    Your teaching process and lectures are awesome.