Spaceship Neutrino

Description

Spaceship Neutrino charts the history of the neutrino, from its beginnings in the 1930s, when it was postulated as a way of explaining an otherwise intractable problem in physics, to its crucial role in modern theories of the Universe. Christine Sutton is well known for her popular science writing. In this book she describes how the detection and measurement of neutrino properties have tested technology to its limits, requiring huge detectors, often located deep in mines, under mountains or even under the sea. As part of the story she explains without the use of mathematics how our understanding of the structure of matter and the forces that hold it together have come from work with neutrinos, and how these insignificant particles hold the key to our understanding of the beginning and the end of the Universe.

'A pleasure to read, with many excellent illustrations ... It will make a fine present for a young person. Neutrino trappers will enjoy it too.' Times Higher Education Supplement ' ... a good story well told.' Journal of the British Astronomical Association ' ... liberally illustrated with photographs ... I will recommend this book to the reader who would like to know a little more about what goes on ... in science.' Webb Society Reviews 'This book is for anyone with an interest in cosmology ... (and) in the future of professional astronomy, an understanding of neutrinos is a must.' Astronomy and Space 'Christine Sutton obviously has a talent for making complicated physics easy to follow; I certainly understood a lot more about W and Z after reading this book.' The Observatory