Building Blocks of Matter
Since ancient times, humans have inquired about what makes up the world around them. In antiquity, the Greeks believed the world to be made up of earth, water, air, fire and the aether. Today, researchers at Jefferson Lab study quarks and gluons: what we now believe to be the fundamental building blocks of the atomic nucleus.
Jefferson Lab's research on the building blocks of matter will be presented along with a discussion about why you should care.
Dr. Douglas Higinbotham attended the College of William & Mary and graduated 1992 with a major in physics and minor in mathematics. He attended graduate school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, graduating with a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics in January 2000.
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