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Audio Edition: Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles

February 5 · 8 min · 11.7 MB
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Every elementary particle falls into one of two categories. Collectivist bosons account for the forces that move us while individualist fermions keep our atoms from collapsing.

The story Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles first appeared on Quanta Magazine.