Title: A brilliant darkness : the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age /
Authors: Magueijo, João.
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Majorana, Ettore; Majorana, Ettore Legends.; Nuclear physicists Italy Biography.; Physics Italy History; Neutrinos.
Contents: Prologue : a moment of fatigue or moral discomfort -- Life : the grand inquisitor -- The attic of Via Etnea 251 -- 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.