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'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
' … 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
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Try to imagine a spaceship that could pass right through the Earth without even noticing it was there. And one that could cross the vastness of space at the speed of light, and then penetrate into the very heart of subatomic matter to seek out its fundamental structure. Imagine, then, a particle that is almost nothing that can tell you almost everything about the structure of matter and the evolution of the Universe. Impossible? In fact, all of these descriptions can be applied to the neutrino, a subatomic particle that is so elusive it is almost undetectable. 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. This fascinating, well-written and highly illustrated book will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in modern physics or astronomy, from school level right through to the professional scientist.
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ON 23 FEBRUARY, 1987, a hoard of billions upon billions of extragalactic messengers swept through the Earth. Read the first page
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Neutrinos Rule!
16 Feb 2010
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One of my hobbies is an informal study of particle physics; therefore, the title caught my interest. I read the book a few years ago and I loved it so much I was sad to see it come to and end. It's a terrific book for some serious information on the amazing sub-atomic particles known as neutrinos. It may be a bit technical for the totally uninitiated, but with a sincere interest, I think most anyone would enjoy it.
My 14 year old granddaughter recently asked me some questions about the 'Big Bang' theory, and "Spaceship Neutrino" immediately came to mind. So I purchased the book again, for her, through Amazon.com. I will hold on to my copy for life! I think it is a wonderful book.
I rated it at five stars because I would have bought it for my granddaughter at just about any price, but that is my one reservation about the book, I thought the price was excessive when I bought the first copy for myself, the price for the copy I got for my granddaughter was about double what I paid for my copy.
That being said, if you really want a fascinating explanation of neutrino theory I recommend "Spaceship Neutrino" as a great introduction-bar the shocking price!
My 14 year old granddaughter recently asked me some questions about the 'Big Bang' theory, and "Spaceship Neutrino" immediately came to mind. So I purchased the book again, for her, through Amazon.com. I will hold on to my copy for life! I think it is a wonderful book.
I rated it at five stars because I would have bought it for my granddaughter at just about any price, but that is my one reservation about the book, I thought the price was excessive when I bought the first copy for myself, the price for the copy I got for my granddaughter was about double what I paid for my copy.
That being said, if you really want a fascinating explanation of neutrino theory I recommend "Spaceship Neutrino" as a great introduction-bar the shocking price!
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