{"id":11923,"date":"2022-01-22T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11923"},"modified":"2022-02-05T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T20:57:46","slug":"the-beautiful-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/22\/the-beautiful-model\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from The Conversation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Standard Model of particle physics: The absolutely amazing theory of almost\u00a0everything<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The Standard Model of elementary particles provides an ingredients list for everything around us. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory<\/a>, CC BY<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 extra dollars a month you should buy the upgrade. As a theoretical physicist<\/a>, I\u2019d prefer The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything. That\u2019s what the Standard Model really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many recall the excitement among scientists and media over the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson<\/a>. But that much-ballyhooed event didn\u2019t come out of the blue \u2013 it capped a five-decade undefeated streak for the Standard Model. Every fundamental force but gravity is included in it. Every attempt to overturn it to demonstrate in the laboratory that it must be substantially reworked \u2013 and there have been many over the past 50 years \u2013 has failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, the Standard Model<\/a> answers this question: What is everything made of, and how does it hold together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[ click to continue reading at The Conversation<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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