| Author |
Magueijo, João.
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| Publication |
New York : Basic Books, [2009]
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| Copyright date |
©2009 |
| Description |
xxi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Call # |
539.7092 M |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : a moment of fatigue or moral discomfort -- Life : the grand inquisitor. The attic of 251 Via Etnea -- Nuclear crisis -- Frankenstein's youth -- Poltergeist exposed -- Bread and sperm -- Strong interactions -- Meet Ettore Majorana -- Boys will be boys -- Neutrinos from Transylvania -- Ode to the vanquished -- Creation and annihilation -- The serpent's egg -- His unfinished symphony -- The hand that rocks the cradle -- Stellar collapse -- Artichokes -- Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna -- The crepuscule of Via Panisperna -- Ettore's neutrino -- The quiet before the storm -- The search party -- Afterlife : the dark matter. Pagliacci -- A pirandellian intermezzo -- Don't cry for him, Argentina -- They thought the sun was sick -- The sign of the beast -- Ettore Majorana -- A vote of silence -- Epilogue : Mediterranean whales. |
| Subject |
Majorana, Ettore.
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Majorana, Ettore -- Legends.
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Nuclear physicists -- Italy -- Biography.
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Physics -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Neutrinos.
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| ISBN |
0465009034 (alk. paper) : |
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9780465009039 (alk. paper) |
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