Summary and Transparencies for Class 20 - Tuesday, April 2, 2002

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Introduction

The atoms of Democritus
And Newton's particles of light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

-- Blake

Today's Class

We talked about Feynman Diagrams, the quark model and other theories involving "confined partons," and the bootstrap view of the constituents of the world. Supplementary Notes are available: html pdf. With reference to the notes we talked about:

• Feynman Diagrams
• Elementary Particle Physics
  The Quark Model
  Ancient Greek Atomism
  Platonic Classifications
• Bootstrap Theories
  The Modern Bootstrap
  Buddhist Elements