CERN's 'The Particles' iPad App Is a Physics Geek's Dream

What with the Higgs boson making headlines all the time, everyone's heard of this so-called Standard Model in physics, but how many people really know what it is? With a new app from CERN called The Particles, anyone with an iPad or Windows 8 tablet can dive deep into the world of particle physics in a comprehensive and well-organized app.

Lest you think The Particles is nothing but impenetrable text and equations, fear not: The five main categories of particles are displayed on the app's main page in a colorful pie chart that responds to finger swipes by rotating. Since each of the five pie pieces moves independently, the menu also functions as a kind of "chaos pinwheel" — a detail that's sure to amuse.