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I am currently reading The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene and have a question about a topic in it. On p.9 he is talking about muons, electrons, positrons, and all that other good stuff. He explains that when particles and their anti-particles come into contact with each other, they "annihilate" one another. He then goes on to say that everything in the universe is made up of these particles and their anti-matter particles. My question is as follows: If the particles and their anti-matter particles annihilate one another upon contact, how could something in the universe have a particle and its anti-partner in the same "thing"? Wouldn't they just annihilate each other and therefore wouldn't be around in the "thing" anymore? I know I am probably missing something really obvious, but humour me anyway.
p.s. If you have the book on you, like I said before, it is on page 9 (along with a chart). Thanx in advance.
p.s. If you have the book on you, like I said before, it is on page 9 (along with a chart). Thanx in advance.