Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong

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A Royal Institution lecture by a Cambridge theoretical physicist known for exceptional teaching.

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David Tong explains why quantum fields, not particles, are the fundamental ingredients of the universe and how the Standard Model is built on them.

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