1. NS1300 – Emergence of Modern Science The Particle Zoo

2. Reductionism What ’ s smaller than an atom? – Quantum particles – Quantum particle zoo How low can you go? – Missing particles? – Strings?

3. The Structure of Matter What ’ s Inside a Proton? The Particle Zoo – Leptons – Quarks – Antimatter

4. Four Fundamental Forces Gravity Strong Force Weak Force Electromagnetic Force

5. Elementary Particle Zoo

6. Quark Properties Up Down Charm Strange Bottom Top

7. Putting It All Together? Higgs Particle (Higgs Ocean?) Unified Field Theories Supersymmetry M Theory

8. How Might M Theory Unify Physics? The Graviton Branes (p-branes and m-branes) – Braneworld Scenario (3-branes) – The Cyclic Model

9. Let ’ s Start from the Beginning The Arrow of Time CERN ’ s Large Hadron Collider

10. Quiz 1. T or F, a quark is charming. 2. T or F, there are neutrinos in the particle zoo, but not zebras. 3. T or F, the graviton (if it exists) may be able to travel through more than just the obvious 4 dimensions. 4. T or F, strings are vibrating energy with different frequencies. 5. T or F, we are all swimming in the Higgs ocean.