[ervin mccoy (OP)]

The realisation that the great diversity of the world stems from a handful of newbielink:http://www.thenakedscientists.com [nonactive] acting under the influence of a few fundamental forces was one of the triumphs of twentieth century physics.

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[DoctorBeaver]

Your point being?  []

[lyner]

It was a shame they couldn't have stopped with just the three. Life would have been so much simpler.

[LeeE]

Even better still if they could all be reduced to different configurations of single particle and force types - lol.

[lyner]

String, perhaps?

[DoctorBeaver]

Even strings are thought to be of 2 types - open & closed.

[wannabe]

how about just one: energy at it's most fundamental existence, manifesting itself beyond the ground state as a multiple, as more of itself packed into the next level where it manifests itself as a "particle", massless for the first range of "particles" and scaling up to that 'density' where mass becomes manifest. And from thereon>>>all the stuff we are and is.
Just a thought, finding all them different particle types and the behaviours and interactions-or not-hard to interpret as unique entities. All part of the same beginning stuff makes more sense, at least to my simple mind

[yor_on]

How about a continuation, namely thongs?
Open and closed of course.
I will take up the torch...
And go where no other (except you and you and....Ah well..) have gone.

Sort of:)
Or will my idea backfire on me?

[wannabe]

did you say  you'll take up the croth and forgot the c?

[yor_on]

Now, would that be c?
Or as I like to put it, 'c'torh?

It's truly a amalgam of ideas.
Even though they're not dental
More mental:)

[Lee Walker]

To be honest I've never liked the subject. But look at the particle physics images depositphotos.com/photos/particle-physics.html that accompany particle physics research, which not only serve as fascinating illustrations, but also play a crucial role in communicating scientific concepts to a wide audience. They allow us to visualize phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible to our direct perception and provide a glimpse into the complex structure of our Universe.

[Origin]

But look at the particle physics images depositphotos.com/photos/particle-physics.html that accompany particle physics research, which not only serve as fascinating illustrations, but also play a crucial role in communicating scientific concepts to a wide audience.

The images looked sorta pretty but were useless in trying to visualize any scientific concept.