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Well perhaps but regardless he didn't create quarks. He discovered their existence. No different than discovering the atom - it was there before people discover

Well perhaps but regardless he didn't create quarks. He discovered their existence. No different than discovering the atom - it was there before people discovered it and so were quarks whether or not they're fundamental particles. Technically he could have invented the theory of quarks I guess.

mhh__ 7y ago
That's what I mean. The Quarks were partly a mathematical guess to encapsulate the known patterns in hundreds of composite particles