February 24, 2009
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Answer:
Murray Gell-Mann named wanted to name quarks as quack, after the sound a duck would make. Instead, he chose the word Quark he read in Finnegan’s wake.
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2. Finnegan’s wake
3. Duck
Quarks, named by Gell-Mann after the sound made by ducks, gets its spelling from “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” quote from Finnegan’s wake
Gell-Mann originally named the quark after quacking of ducks.
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1. Murray Gel Mann who proposed that they exist
2. has the line “Three quarks for muster mark”
3. Quack Quack? :)
1st pic – Murray Gell-Mann
2nd pic – Finnegan\’s Wak, the book where the word \’quark\’ was first used
\’Three quarks for Muster Mark…\’
3rd pic – duck…quack! :P
Quark\’s the word!
1st pic – Murray Gell-Mann
2nd pic – Finnegan\’s Wake, the book where the word \’quark\’ was first used
\’Three quarks for Muster Mark…\’
3rd pic – duck…quack! :P
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2-Finnegan’s Wake
3-Duck
Gell-Mann originally named the quark after the sound made by ducks until he found the verse in Finnegan’s Wake.
3. Onomatopoeic word for the call of the duck and the word was featured in
2. the line “3 quarks for Muster Mark”
Murray Gellman, named it after the sound that ducks make, borrowing the spelling from Finnegan’s Wake
2. The book the name “quark” comes from
3. Quack?
Gell-mann got the name for “quarks” from (2)
The duck is probably something to do with Quarks….Quacks….
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oh i just saw the id bit- Murray Gell-Mann
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Quarks!!!