Quarks associate with one another via the strong force to make up protons and neutrons, in much the same way that the latter particles combine in various proportions to make up atomic nuclei. Quirks and quarks from cbc radio podcast on demand cbc radios quirks and quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom. Quark, any member of a group of elementary subatomic particles that interact by means of the strong force and are believed to be among the fundamental constituents of matter. Host bob mcdonald presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the physical and natural sciences from the smallest subatomic particle to the largest objects in the sky and everything in between. The book, which was shortlisted for the canadian science writers association book. How camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature from johns hopkins university press. He is also the author of two books based on the program, wonderstruck iand ii. Three science books looking at forensic ecology, the many worlds of quantum mechanics and culinary extinction from quirks and quarks complete show from cbc radio. Quirks and quarks from cbc radio listen via stitcher for. Thats the question asked by dean hamer, a geneticist at the us national cancer institute, and coauthor peter copeland, in living with our genes, a popular account of recent research on the genetics of behavior and personality.
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