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Neutrino Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

Neutrino par Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

Neutrino Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

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Résumé

Neutrinos are as near to nothing as anything we know, and so elusive that they are almost invisible. Frank Close tells the story of the neutrino, explaining their growing significance, and looking at how neutrino astronomy is at the threshold of enabling us to look into distant galaxies and to finding echoes of the Big Bang.

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Neutrino Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most matter with ease. These tiny, ghostly particles are formed in millions in the Sun and pass through us constantly. For a long time they were thought to be massless, and passing as they do like ghosts they were not regarded as significant. Now we know they have a very small mass, and there are strong indications that they are very important indeed. It is speculated that a heavy form of neutrino, that is both matter and antimatter, may have shaped the balance of matter and antimatter in the early universe. Here, Frank Close gives an account of the discovery of neutrinos and our growing understanding of their significance, also touching on some speculative ideas concerning the possible uses of neutrinos and their role in the early universe.

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A fine piece of scientific popularisation from one of the best scientic communicators around. Literary Review Close tells this story with verve and precision... admirably clear and eminently accessible. Wall Street Journal As an award-winning writer, Close tells this detective story with great style. Robert Matthews, BBC Focus

À propos de Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)

Frank Close, OBE, is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. He was formerly vice president of the British Association for Advancement of Science, Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including Antimatter (OUP, 2009) and the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000). He was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include Nothing: A Very Short Introduction (2009),and The Cosmic Onion (2006),

Sommaire

1. A desperate remedy ; 2. Seeing the invisible ; 3. Winning the lottery ; 4. Is the Sun still shining? ; 5. How many Solar neutrinos? ; 6. Underground science ; 7. One, two, three ; 8. More missing neutrinos ; 9. 'I feel like I'm dancing I'm so happy' ; 10. Extragalactic neutrinos ; 11. Reprise

Informations supplémentaires

GOR002268014
9780199574599
0199574596
Neutrino Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)
Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)
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Oxford University Press
20101009
192
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