Fundamental Forces There are four to know That from any other Neither build nor flow The force of Gravity Acts on mass and energy Electromagnetism acts On things charged electrically The Strong Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Gluons The Weak Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Leptons [Break] Isaac Newton took the view For his time, good enough That things with mass innately Attracted other stuff [Break] Then Albert Einstein did refine That the force of Gravity Was space-time curvature From mass and energy [Break] A marble will roll to Bowling ball on trampoline But not because the ball Radiates some pull unseen [Break] Instead the mass of ball Curves surface where it sits And marble moves quite straight Just following the dip [Break] Yet at quantum level It is theorised Of countless Boson Gravitons Is Gravity’s ditch comprised [Break] The structure of our universe Solar systems, galaxies Obeys Einstein’s theory of General Relativity [Break] Weakest of the four forces Its strength with distance fades Still, its range is infinite ‘Cross light years Gravity pervades [Break] Yet of all attraction Most is not from stuff we see It either comes from Dark Matter Or some quirk of Gravity [Break] At the very largest scales Would galaxies and grander Tear apart from speed of spin Without something other [Break] Fundamental Forces There are four to know That from any other Neither build nor flow The force of Gravity Acts on mass and energy Electromagnetism acts On things charged electrically The Strong Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Gluons The Weak Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Leptons [Break] Electric charge is a thing Source unknown; just a fact The same repels each other And opposites attract [Break] It’s why electrons stick To atomic nuclei And molecules from atoms The same glue does apply [Break] For Electromagnetism These two pioneered the way: James Clerk Maxwell, and Michael Faraday [Break] Faraday discovered Through experiment That moving magnet near a wire Would birth electric current [Break] And also theorised That unseen fields were the norm Then with four Equations Maxwell did inform [Break] Ee-lectricity, and Magnetism are the same Which you see will depend Upon your reference frame: [Break] An electron moving Makes magnetic field A magnet that is moving Will electric current yield [Break] But why do we not feel A jolt from moving magnet? Compared to mains electric Common magnets are pathetic [Break] M-R-I machines even Just tickle us at worst But a static magnetar Would make your body burst! [Break] Electromagnetism Has a range infinite But fades with distance more Along the inverse square law [Break] As for E-M waves This is how they’re made A particle with charge receives A kick in one of many ways [Break] The moving E creates the M The moving M creates an E Each feeds off the other For eternity [Break] Depending on the wavelength E-M waves we sometimes see The thing that we call Light Is just photonic energy [Break] Photons are the Boson That at quantum level Form the hills or trenches To attract or repel [Break] Fundamental Forces There are four to know That from any other Neither build nor flow The force of Gravity Acts on mass and energy Electromagnetism acts On things charged electrically The Strong Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Gluons The Weak Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Leptons [Break] Strongest, but of course Is the Strong Nuclear Force Its Boson is the Gluon And range extremely short [Break] Outside atomic nuclei Its power drops to zero But Quarks does it Confine Insists that they combine [Break] And so strong it is That protons positive The E-M force would else split Strong Nuclear binds them with its grip [Break] Weakest, one would think Is the Weak Nuclear Force With Bosons Double Yoo and Zee In strength it still beats Gravity [Break] The shortest range of the four It governs change, beta decay Flips the Quarks inside Neutrons Protons, Leptons birthed in place [Break] Without the Weak Nuclear Force There’d be no solar fusion No larger elements Just basic hydrogen [Break] Fundamental Forces There are four to know That from any other Neither build nor flow The force of Gravity Acts on mass and energy Electromagnetism acts On things charged electrically The Strong Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Gluons The Weak Nuclear Force Acts on Quarks and Leptons
