A brilliant darkness
Subtitle: the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age
By: João Magueijo.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780465009039
Subjects: Majorana, Ettore; Majorana, Ettore -- Legends; Nuclear physicists -- Italy -- Biography; Physics -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Neutrinos
Genres: Legends; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : a moment of fatigue or moral discomfort; title: Life : the grand inquisitor; title: The attic of Via Etnea 251; title: Nuclear crisis; title: Frankenstein's youth; title: Poltergeist exposed; title: Bread and sperm; title: Strong interactions; title: Meet Ettore Majorana; title: Boys will be boys; title: Neutrinos from Transylvania; title: Ode to the vanquished; title: Creation and annihilation; title: The serpent's egg; title: His unfinished symphony; title: The hand that rocks the cradle; title: Stellar collapse; title: Artichokes; title: Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna; title: The crepuscule of Via Panisperna; title: Ettore's neutrino; title: The quiet before the storm; title: The search party; title: Afterlife : the dark matter; title: Pagliacci; title: A pirandellian intermezzo; title: Don't cry for him, Argentina; title: They thought the sun was sick; title: The sign of the beast; title: Ettore Majorana; title: A vote of silence; title: Epilogue : Mediterranean whales.