The Story of the Universe

<!--HTML--><br>These pages were extracted from the 2003 CMS Experiment Brochure. These pages explain the story of our universe and how it was formed over time. All explanations are coupled with simple colorful illustrations, one per sheet. Each can be used as an individual teaching aid or together as a set. </br><br>Topics covered: </br><br>- Quantum Gravity Era</br><br>- Grand Unification Era </br><br>- Electro Weak Era </br><br>- Protons and Neutrons Formation</br><br>- Nuclei formation</br><br>- Atoms and Light Era </br><br>- Galaxy Formation </br><br>- Today Humans wondering where this all came from</br><br>- The Size of Things - Instruments and the observables</br><br>- Particles (Leptons & Quarks) </br><br>-Forces </br><br>- Interactions: coupling of forces to matter </br><br>- Short history and new frontiers </br><br>- Unification of forces </br><br>- Summary (includes timeline of theories/discoveries)