A brilliant darkness : the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age / Joao Magueijo.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Basic books, c2009.
Descrizione fisica:
xxi, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue: A moment of fatigue or moral discomfort. Pt. 1. Life: the grand inquisitor: 1. The attic of Via Etnea 251 2. Nuclear crisis 3. Frankenstein's youth 4. Poltergeist exposed 5. Bread and sperm 6. Strong interactions 7. Meet Ettore Majorana 8. Boys will be boys 9. Neutrinos from Transylvania 10. Ode to the vanquished 11. Creation and annihilation 12. The serpent's egg 13. His unfinished symphony 14. The hand that rocks the cradle 15. Stellar collapse 16. Artichokes 17. Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna 18. The crepuscule of Via Panisperna 19. Ettore's neutrino 20. The quiet before the storm 21. The search party. Pt. 2. Afterlife: the dark matter: 22. Pagliacci 23. A Pirandellian intermezzo 24. Don't cry for him, Argentina 25. They thought the sun was sick 26. The sign of the beast 27. Ettore Majorana 28. A vote of silence. Epilogue: Mediterranean whales. Acknowledgments. References. Credits. Index
