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Higgs & the Standard Model
The theory of almost everything: 12 matter particles, 4 force carriers, the 1964 Higgs mechanism that gives W, Z and fermions mass, the 2012 discovery at CERN's LHC, and what the model still can't explain.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Quantum mechanics; Feynman. Next: Cosmology; Dark matter. Sources: Sean Carroll, *The Particle at the End of the Universe* (2012); Frank Close, *Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass* (2022); CERN press release, 4 July 2012.Next: 1. The particles