How Things Get Heavy: The Nature of Mass

Lincoln, Don

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Title: How Things Get Heavy: The Nature of Mass

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Here, physics can be a weighty subject, full of substance and gravitas. It is therefore perhaps entirely reasonable that a central topic of the discipline is mass. But what is mass, really? What is the origin and nature of this most essential feature of the world around us? And are there any surprises to be had as we dig deeper into that question? In this article, I hope to surprise every reader at least once.

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Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2017-10-01

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1439976

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-17-477-PPD
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-921X; 1632124; TRN: US1900709

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics Teacher

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-921X

Publisher:: American Association of Physics Teachers

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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