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A brilliant darkness : the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magueijo, João
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2009]
Subjects:
Majorana, Ettore.
Majorana, Ettore > Legends.
Nuclear physicists > Italy > Biography.
Physics > Italy > History > 20th century.
Neutrinos.
Table of 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.