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Fundamental Force in a Bathhouse

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The Weak Nuclear Force

In the 1920s, Enrico Fermi was studying radioactive decay of elements for gross bomb reasons. He made a very bad bet about his physical ability in a basketball game and lost. The weak force formerly known as Fermi interaction acts only on very small scales. There are 18 possible ways that a quark can exist.

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