Gell-Mann Formulates the Theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: September, 1972
Article abstract: Gell-Mann developed the theory of quantum chromodynamics to describe the characteristics of elementary particles (quarks).
Summary of Event
From antiquity, it had been speculated by philosophers and scientists that everything was made up of successively smaller particles, but that beyond a certain size, the particles became no smaller. These fundamental particles, of which everything was made, the Greeks called atomos, meaning indivisible. The English version of atomos became “atom.” That idea held for thousands of...
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