Oct 24 2006

A Question

Phillip posted this at 9:13 am under science

What do the terms “bottom,” “top,” “charm,” “down,” “strange” and “up” refer to?


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5 Responses to “A Question”. Leave a Reply.

  1. # Penderon 24 Oct 2006 at 10:43 am

    Quarks.

    I had a fascination months ago and read up on em. Little did I know they weren’t actually the names of bartending ferrengi.

  2. # Phillipon 24 Oct 2006 at 11:07 am

    Pender wins! (Again.)

    Quote: “Quarks are the most fundamental building blocks of matter. There are six types: up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm… Using [a] particle accelerator, physicists can recreate the conditions present in the early formation of the universe, reproducing the exotic matter that was abundant in the moments after the Big Bang. While the matter around us comprises only up and down quarks, exotic matter contains other quarks as well.”

  3. # Jodyon 24 Oct 2006 at 7:23 pm

    The first google hit provides the answer.

    searching for quarks on google

    Next!

  4. # Phillipon 24 Oct 2006 at 9:09 pm

    But Pender got it because he KNEW it. (Right, Pender?) Anybody can Google the answer.

  5. # Penderon 25 Oct 2006 at 10:12 am

    Hells yeah!

    I don’t get that “search google” option. Mine says “search web”, but it brings me to google. WHY?

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