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That the exchange of a particle can produce a force was one of the most profound conceptual advances in physics. We now associate a particle with each of the known forces: for example, the photon with the electromagnetic force and the graviton with the gravitational force; the former is experimentally well established and while the latter has not yet been detected experimentally hardly anyone doubts its existence.
— Anthony Zee
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About Anthony Zee
Anthony Zee (, b. 1945) (Zee comes from the Shanghainese pronunciation of εΎ) is a Chinese-American physicist and author.
About Anthony Zee
Anthony Zee (, b. 1945) (Zee comes from the Shanghainese pronunciation of εΎ) is a Chinese-American physicist and author.
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