The Neutrino Hunters: The Chase for the Ghost Particle and the Secrets of the Universe - Couverture souple

Jayawardhana, Ray

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780746474 ISBN 13 : 9781780746470

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Before the Higgs boson, there was a maddening search for another particle that holds the secrets of the universe – the neutrino. First detected in 1956, it teased the answers to science’s greatest mysteries. How did the Big Bang happen? What might ‘dark matter’ be made of? And could faster-than light travel be possible, overturning Einstein’s theory of special relativity?

But the hunt for the neutrino and its meaning has also involved adventures, from Cold War defections and extra dimensions to mile-deep holes in the Antarctic ice and a troubled genius who disappeared without a trace. Renowned astrophysicist and award-winning science writer Ray Jayawardhana delivers a thrilling detective story of revolutionary science from the dawn of the quantum age to today’s most inventive labs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ray Jayawardhana is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and recipient of the coveted Radcliffe Fellowship. The author of Strange New Worlds, he has written for New Scientist, Times Higher Education, and others, and his research has made headlines worldwide, including in The Times, The Economist, Sydney Morning Herald, and BBC News.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Publications
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780746474
• ISBN 13: 9781780746470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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