NOVA

Season 2, Episode 3

Episode Title: The Hunting Of The Quark

Air Date: 1974-11-17

Overview:

Smashing matter into ever smaller pieces in an attempt to find its fundamental building blocks has produced a confused nightmare of particles. NOVA looks at this on-again, off-again story—one of sciences's most mysterious—and, one of the most expensive, involving some of the biggest machines in the world.