The Evidence for Modern Physics

The Evidence for Modern Physics

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Learn the secret for measuring the masses and lifetimes of subatomic particles that exist for roughly a trillionth of a trillionth of a second. Using the Higgs boson and top quark as examples, Dr. Lincoln draws on a simplified version of Einstein’s mass-energy equation and Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle to infer detailed information about truly ephemeral entities.

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