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What do the smallest known particles and the structure and origins of the entire universe have in common? “Connections: From Quarks to the Cosmos” is dedicated to bringing together particle physics, nuclear physics, gravitational physics, and astrophysics to answer some of the biggest questions: where it all came from, why it took the shape it did, and what its future might bring.

Briefing Book
    A set of 32 slides used by leaders of the Connections group to give NASA, DOE, and NSF an overview of this field’s questions and the various approaches to finding the answers.
  • Acrobat 3 a/k/a Portable Document Format—recommended except for uses that demand PowerPoint features or the highest graphics resolution.
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Other Resources

Image representing three agenciesThe Partners' Pages
Selected pages on the subject by the three major participants in this joint effort—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation—and the institutions and investigators they support. This is a good source of information of general interest at all levels.
Image representing technical informationLearn and Share Technical Information
Resources for scientists who are (or are considering) working in this field.
Image representing Quarks to the Cosmos historyBirth of a New Science
Watershed events in the history of the Connections effort.
Image representing administrative informationAdministrative Information
Legal notices, acknowledgements of support and other expressions of gratitude, and addresses to which comments should be directed.