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The Standard Model of particle physics: The absolutely amazing theory of almost everything

  • Written by Glenn Starkman, Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
How does our world work on a subatomic level?Varsha Y S, CC BY-SA

The Standard Model. What dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings.

More than a quarter of the Nobel Prizes in physics of the last century are direct inputs to or direct results of the Standard Model. Yet its name suggests that if you can afford a few...

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