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Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Neutrino by Frank Close (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!  · It is speculated thata heavy form of neutrino, that is both matter and antimatter, may have shaped the balance of matter and antimatter in the early bltadwin.ru, 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 bltadwin.ru: OUP Oxford.  · Frank Close wrote a tribute to the scientists and institutions that made an one century quest through Radioactivity, the Sun and Particle Physics in order to reveal the nature of the neutrino. With a free of scientific jargon and a captivating narrative, "Neutrino" unveils the mysteries of a particle essential to understand our Universe/5.

Neutrino. by Frank Close. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it. Please make sure to choose a rating. FRANK CLOSE: For detecting the neutrino, the good news was you could calculate the chance of doing it. And the bad news was it was almost zero. And the bad news was it was almost zero. Neutrino Frank Close. Unravels the discovery of some of the most enigmatic particles in the universe, looking at their growing significance ; Considers the role of neutrinos in the Big Bang and their impact on shaping the balance of matter and antimatter in the early universe.

Close came to write this after writing Ray Davis' obituary for The Guardian, but came to discover that Davis wasn't the only fascinating figure in the neutrino-hunting story; among the others is Bruno Pontecorvo, a Fermi-collaborator who also fled Italy under Mussolini, first for France, then the US, then Canada, before winding up in the UK after the war, and taking British citizenship -- before defecting to the Soviet Union in He continued to do significant work in the field, but with. Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. These tiny, ghostly particles are formed by the billions in stars and pass through us constantly, unseen, at almost the speed of light. Yet half a century after their discovery, we still know less about them than all the other. Frank Close. Unravels the discovery of some of the most enigmatic particles in the universe, looking at their growing significance. Considers the role of neutrinos in the Big Bang and their impact on shaping the balance of matter and antimatter in the early universe. Touches on speculative ideas concerning the possible uses of neutrinos and looks at the new field of neutrino astronomy.