Description |
xvi, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), chart, portraits ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Challenge, determination, and thinking big -- Language, science, and the ghost particle -- Becoming a physicist -- The Einstein letter, the hidden city and the bomb -- From bombs to neutrinos -- Explosive ideas -- Hanford and Savannah river -- Clyde Cowan -- Moving to Case Institute -- New dean, new university -- Transition years at Irvine -- The "other" Fred: music, performance, musings -- Science and religion -- Classroom teacher -- IMB and a decade of joy and frustration -- Super-K, SNO, and oscillations -- The Nobel Prize and the last years -- The legacy grows. |
Summary |
"A mixture of memoir and biography, Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino tells a deeply human story that appeals both to scientists and non-scientists. Although the book relates to the important discovery of neutrinos, it is more intimately about Fred Reines than the technical details of neutrino physics. Narrated in a fashion to interest and excite the reader, the science presented here is accessible to a broad audience. Coursing through Reines' life, his various challenges and encounters, the book reveals constants of his persona. Reines displayed a sustained consistency as a respected leader, admired by students and colleagues as a fount of big ideas and ambition. A continuing source of inspiration and motivation to others, his most basic consistency was his passion for science. The quest for knowledge about the wondrous universe is a profoundly human endeavor. Fred Reines' life and his unremitting scientific curiosity are emblematic of that truth"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998.
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
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Physics.
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Neutrinos.
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Neutrinos -- Research -- United States.
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Nuclear energy -- Research -- United States -- History.
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Nuclear energy -- Research -- United States -- Laboratories -- History.
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Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998. (OCoLC)fst01760753
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Nuclear energy -- Research -- Laboratories.
(OCoLC)fst01040003
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Nuclear energy -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01039999
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Neutrinos -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01036607
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Neutrinos. (OCoLC)fst01036602
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Nobel Prize winners. (OCoLC)fst01741182
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Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014
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Physics. (OCoLC)fst01063025
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Added Title |
Nobelist Fred Reines and the neutrino |
ISBN |
9789811231483 (paperback) |
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9811231486 (paperback) |
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9789811231056 (hardcover) |
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9811231052 (hardcover) |
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