Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable
Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet. More than a century after Ernest Rutherford discovered the positively charged particle at the heart of every atom, physicists are still struggling to fully understand the proton.
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i'm read for the 15 part series for "inside the X, the most complicated ..."
i'm not sure poroton gets to take the crown here, but it certainly has made its case.
it's a bit wild to think a particle contains particles that are heavier than it.
at least until it is rescued by E=mc^2. but still. if the understandable concepts are hard to believe, then the ones we don't understand are mind boggling.
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