Library of Subatomic Particles - The Quark

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This book invites you to discover the ingredients that lie within every bit of matter and energy in the universe. In these chapters, you will retrace the paths of many great scientists who spoke first of atoms, then of particles within atoms, always asking, "Have we at last found something indivisible - not just subatomic, but fundamental?" For many subatomic particles, including protons and neutrons (which have their own books in this series), the answer turns out to be "Not exactly!" Those subatomic particles, some of which are never actually found in atoms, are indeed indivisible yet are made of smaller entities called quarks. These oddly named particles can be detected within the subatomic particles, which they combine to create, but they can never be set free.