Chapter 1
The math that predicted a mirror world
Chapter 2
How to catch a cosmic ghost
Chapter 3
The universe's missing mirror
Chapter 4
From medical scans to starships
YOUR GOAL
Master of The hunt for the universe's missing mirror
Ch 1 · The math that predicted a mirror world
007skaty The Dirac Equation
This elegant equation drew a mirror of our world, before we ever saw the light!
007skaty While nuclear fission converts only 0.1% of mass, antimatter annihilation converts 100% into high-energy gamma ray photons with
BETA
007skaty Pair matter and antimatter particles to discover how the flipside of our universe works.
Fun Fact
Antimatter: If you combined all the antimatter ever created by humans, it would not have enough energy to boil a single cup of tea.
Glossary
positron (noun)
A subatomic particle with the same mass as an electron but a positive charge. In 1928, Paul Dirac mathematically predicted this particle, which Carl Anderson discovered in cosmic rays in 1932.
A subatomic particle with the same mass as an electron but a positive charge. In 1928, Paul Dirac mathematically predicted this particle, which Carl Anderson discovered in cosmic rays in 1932.
Quiz
Compared to nuclear fission, how much mass is converted directly to energy during matter-antimatter annihilation?