In Rutherford’s Footsteps: What Makes Up Everything Around Us?

Zhongbo Kang Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy /UCLA

Over 100 years ago, a scientist named Ernest Rutherford discovered something amazing: the proton, a tiny part of every atom. But what’s inside a proton? Did you know it’s made up of even smaller pieces called quarks and gluons? In this talk, we’ll take a fun journey to learn how these tiny particles fit together to make everything we see. Come along as we explore the building blocks of the universe and uncover the mysteries of the proton!