Who among the following has coined the term Quark, the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus ?

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Who among the following has coined the term ‘Quark’, the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus ?

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Science

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Option 1: Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman was a renowned physicist, but he did not coin the term "Quark." He made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics, but the credit for coining the term "Quark" goes to someone else.

Option 2: Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann is the correct answer. He was an American physicist who proposed the existence of Quarks, which are the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus. Gell-Mann introduced the concept of Quarks in 1964 and named them after a line from James Joyce`s novel "Finnegans Wake." He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for this groundbreaking discovery.

Option 3: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is one of the greatest physicists in history, but he is not associated with the term "Quark." His contributions include the theory of relativity and the photoelectric effect, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.

Option 4: Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr is another prominent physicist, but he is not linked to the term "Quark." Bohr made important contributions to the

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