Quarks: The Miracle That Saved Particle Physics

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Smaller than an atom, but majorly important: introducing the quark! Quarks helped make sense of particle physics, and we'll tell you all about it in this new episode of SciShow!

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All Comments (21)
  • @twentylush
    Gell-mann seriously had a hidden talent for naming schemes
  • @linkinl1
    "Particle with strangeness were particles with strange quarks in them" mkay
  • @Sett86
    "...but apparently [calling the new quarks truth and beauty] was just too much... " That was a genuine LOL on my part.
  • @somniad
    "indivisible" haha I've heard that joke before, not getting me this time
  • @VyvienneEaux
    Physics before quarks: "There's four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
  • @NickRoman
    It would be cool to have a channel that produces a video series that explains how particle accelerators work, how the results are collected and then how they are analyzed to come up with these proofs of particles like quarks.
  • @SirGenderon
    Up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top. Sounds like sexy time roles.
  • @sebastianelytron8450
    People kept telling me I'm weird, so I had to put a positive spin on it. That's how I discovered my quarks. Now I tell people I'm not weird, just quarky.
  • @pea7073
    Quark: it smells like upquark What is upquark? Quark: Nothin much you?
  • @musclehank6067
    my powerful flexing broke some quantum mechanics causing scientists to investigate
  • @Toastmaster_5000
    I'd like to know more about how these particles were predicted and tested for their existence. All too often, I heard about scientists apparently proving something but not even a layman overview of how it was done.
  • @Quantumironturtle
    "Up, Down, Strange, Charm, Top, Bottom, if you don't know what a quark is it don't matter you've still got 'em."
  • @nobodynew8128
    "if you use energy to separate quarks, they will use this energy to make new quarks" -Kurzgesagt
  • @sairbear444
    On Canadian radio there was a show called “quirks and quarks” and I loved listening on road trips. Now I love scishow and science podcasts, and I think that show is the reason why!
  • @TactileTherapy
    This show has been beyond instrumental in helping me develop my novel. Thank you Scishow, and keep being great