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What’s the smallest thing in the universe? - Jonathan Butterworth

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If you were to take a coffee cup, and break it in half, then in half again, and keep carrying on, where would you end up? Could you keep on going forever? Or would you eventually find a set of indivisible building blocks out of which everything is made? Jonathan Butterworth explains the Standard Model theory and how it helps us understand the world we live in.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Jonathan Butterworth
Director
Nick Hilditch
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Animator
Nick Hilditch
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Brian Gutierrez

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