Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong
The Royal Institution · 5 HN recommendations
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David Tong, a Cambridge theoretical physicist, explains at the Royal Institution that the fundamental building blocks of nature are quantum fields rather than particles. He covers what we know about these fields and how they fit into the Standard Model.
Why HN recommends it: Called a favorite and a masterpiece by commenters as the clearest accessible explanation that there are only waves in fields, and what physics still doesn't know.
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