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11/26/2024

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How Murray Gell-Mann Found “Quark” in LiteraturePhysicist Murray Gell-Mann coined the term “quark” while developing a mo...
11/15/2024

How Murray Gell-Mann Found “Quark” in Literature

Physicist Murray Gell-Mann coined the term “quark” while developing a model to classify hadrons (protons and neutrons). He had been pronouncing a made-up word “kwork” in his mind but lacked a spelling.

The breakthrough came when he read “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” in James Joyce’s novel Finnegans Wake. This serendipitous discovery provided both the spelling and a fitting connection to the three types of fundamental particles in his model.

When asked about the naming Gell-Mann sometimes joked about using Joyce’s playful language for something as serious as particle physics.

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Founder of Renaissance Technologies, Jim Simons, on being guided by beauty.
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Founder of Renaissance Technologies,
Jim Simons, on being guided by beauty.

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The Boltzmann machine can be used to classify images or create new examples of the type of pattern on which it was train...
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The Boltzmann machine can be used to classify images or create new examples of the type of pattern on which it was trained.

Geometry is the archetype.
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Geometry is the archetype.

The most act is the act of creating yourself.
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The most act is the act of creating yourself.

The universe is a song 🎧
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The universe is a song 🎧

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