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24 - Breaking Down the Standard Model

Why This Universe?

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The Problem With Gauge Invariance in Particle Physics

For a long time, all of the infinities that we're showing up in physicist calculations seemed really problematic. The future of particle physics hinged on finding a way around them. A Dutch theoretical physicist named Gerard Tohufte showed that all theories that have this kind of property were automatically self-consistent.

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