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It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists' conception of a particle changed mor

What Is a Particle? | Quanta Magazine Home What Is a Particle? Read Later Share Copied! Comments Read Later Read Later Previous: Hidden Structure The Cosmologist Who Dreams in the Universe’s Dark Threads SERIES Hidden Structure What Is a Particle? By Natalie Wolchover November 12, 2020 It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more than it is changing now. Read Later Elementary particles are the basic stuff of the universe. They are also deeply s

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