The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
Earlier Nobel Laureates whose work was of great consequence for this year's award:
1949
Hideki Yukawa, The theory of nuclear forces
1957
Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, Parity violation in particle physics
1965
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger and Richard P. Feynman, QED - the quantum theory of electromagnetic interactions
1969
Murray Gell-Mann, Symmetry properties of elementary particles
1979
Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, The theory of electroweak interactions
1982
Kenneth G. Wilson, The theory of phase transformations
1990
Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor, The discovery of quarks through electron-scattering experiments
1999
Gerardus 't Hooft and Martinus J.G. Veltman, The quantum structure of the electroweak interaction
Contents:
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Introduction - A colourful connection
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The Standard Model and the four forces
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Inside the proton
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The theory shows its true colours
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The strong force
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A unified theory for all forces?
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Timeline
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Further reading
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Credits
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