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coppearlix wrote:

"What is the purpose of the Large Hadron Collider?"

As you know, "The Big Bang" theory is still, indeed, a theory. One of the main ways to at least come close to proving it is sort of simulating it in a smaller scale. Large Hadron Collider is trying to achieve that. Hadrons are particles that are made of quarks, and quarks are basically the smallest piece of matter in the physics of today (until the String Theory is proved, which would imply that the smallest thing would be tiny strings, but lets not go off-topic). "Colliding" them could simulate the energy that was let loose 14 billion years ago, when the universe was created. Or, it could create a small black hole. Also, there are some other issues that are yet unsolved, for example, the Higgs Boson (bosons are mostly particles that carry a sort of force), so that's also a matter (no pun intended) of the LHC.

If you want, I can explain the Big Bang a little, because many people can't seem to wrap their head around it, and I couldn't understand it either, until I read some great books about physics.

I could be wrong about this, though, because I'm writing this from my memory.

JJROCKER wrote:

I am so confused 

How old are you? I could understand most of this when I was 12, and I'm 13 now. I could simplify this a bit  , but just a bit. Also, what did you expect from a physics thread? Bouncing balls or something?

Last edited by Vurb (2011-06-21 02:26:14)

JJROCKER wrote:

I haven't taken Physics.

Me neither! I've just finished 6th grade, and in my country, physics comes in 7th. Besides, we won't be learning anything astrophysical until, like, 10th grade.

So, want me to explain anything?

Last edited by Vurb (2011-06-21 03:16:16)

helltank wrote:

Gravity is the force that attracts matter to each other. The force of gravity is determined by the mass of said matter.

(I don't know the formula, haven't taken physics.)

That is correct. To add something more, it's one of the 4 fundamental forces (electromagnetism, weak force, strong force, gravity), and the particle that carries gravity is not well understood to this day - the existance of the Graviton is still in theory.

I can't say the formula either.

Last edited by Vurb (2011-06-21 06:37:23)

Google + Wikipedia = All you need to know about physics. JK

frog7725 wrote:

Google + Wikipedia = All you need to know about physics. JK

Google all you want, man, but "until you can explain it to your grandma, you don't really understand it".