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Particle Physics & the Standard Model
The 17 fundamental particles: six quarks, six leptons, four force carriers and the Higgs; the three forces they describe, how colliders like the LHC find new particles, and what the model still can't explain (gravity, dark matter, neutrino mass).
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Key idea
Prereqs: Atoms & nuclei; Dirac. Next: Higgs & the Standard Model (Great Minds); astronomy. Sources: Harry Cliff, *How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch* (2021); CERN; Particle Data Group.Next: 1. The particles