The document discusses the four fundamental interactions in nature: 1) Gravity, which depends on mass and distance and is always attractive. Its carrier is the graviton. 2) Electromagnetism, formulated by Coulomb, Faraday, and Maxwell. It provides a repulsive or attractive force between charges. All chemical and biological reactions are controlled by it. 3) The strong force, which binds nucleons in the nucleus against electromagnetic repulsion. It is charge independent and has a short range mediated by pions and gluons. 4) The weak force, which has an extremely short range and is responsible for radioactive decay processes involving beta particles. Its carrier bosons are the W and Z bosons.