Neutrino by Frank Close
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.
Recommended reading * 'Background briefing' list for 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics *
it's a little crackerAn awful lot of popular science passes across my desk, and it's very rare that the vast majority of the content is new and fresh, but that's the case here... it's a fascinating story. Apart from anything else, it's a great example of what real science is like. * Brian Clegg, Popular Science *
A fine piece of scientific popularisation from one of the best scientific 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 *
it's a little crackerAn awful lot of popular science passes across my desk, and it's very rare that the vast majority of the content is new and fresh, but that's the case here... it's a fascinating story. Apart from anything else, it's a great example of what real science is like. * Brian Clegg, Popular Science *
A fine piece of scientific popularisation from one of the best scientific 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 *
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 The Void (OUP, 2007) 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 Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (2004), The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle - the race for cold fusion (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199695997 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199695997 |
| Title | Neutrino |
| Author | Frank Close |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2012-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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