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Faraday's Fields
- Michael Faraday, a self-taught experimental physicist with little formal math, revolutionized physics.
- He conceptualized fields, like magnetic fields between magnets, as real entities, not just empty space.
Fields' Fundamental Role
- Quantum mechanics revealed that fields are fundamental, not particles.
- Particles like electrons and quarks are ripples of underlying fields that permeate the universe.
Standard Model Overview
- The Standard Model describes fundamental forces and matter particles, including the Higgs boson.
- It consists of force fields (electromagnetism, strong and weak nuclear forces), matter fields (electrons, quarks, neutrinos), and the Higgs field.