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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
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The strong force has a considerably greater range than the weak force [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / c. Conservation of energy
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If an expected reaction does not occur, that implies a conservation law [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / a. Electrodynamics
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Electron emit and reabsorb photons, which create and reabsorb virtual electrons and positrons [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
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A 'field' is just a region to which points can be assigned in space and time [Martin,BR]
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The Higgs field, unlike others, has a nozero value in a state without particles [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / c. Electrons
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Many physicists believe particles have further structure, if only we could see it [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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Uncertainty allows very brief violations of energy conservation - even shorter with higher energies [Martin,BR]
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The Exclusion Principle says no two fermions occupy the same state, with the same numbers [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / b. Standard model
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The standard model combines theories of strong interaction, and electromagnetic and weak interaction [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / c. Particle properties
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Eletrons don't literally 'spin', because they are point-like [Martin,BR]
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Virtual particles surround any charged particle [Martin,BR]
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The properties of a particle are determined by its quantum numbers and its mass [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 5. Unified Models / b. String theory
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String theory only has one free parameter (tension) - unlike the standard model with 19 [Martin,BR]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
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Almost everyone except Plato thinks that time could not have been generated [Plato, by Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
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An 'element' is what cannot be decomposed by chemistry [Martin,BR]
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