Anti matter is one of the most fascinating substances in physics. More reactive than even the most violent of Alkali metals, and releasing more energy per KG than even the most devastating nuclear weapons. Anti matter is pretty impressive stuff.
Anti matter was predicted to exist by the brilliant British Mathematician Paul Dirac in 1928, and the simplest form of anti matter (Positrons- positively charged electrons), where detected a few years later in cosmic rays. Since then, anti matter has inspired science fiction writers and theorists alike with many wild ideas. CERN, famous as being the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) also contains facilities for experimenting with anti matter.
In this short series of articles, I will be looking at anti matter and illustrating just how powerful it is. Those of you who don’t have any background in physics need not worry, I’ll explain everything step by step (though a little knowledge of maths will help)!
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