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Discusses the development of the theory of the existence of neutrinos, and examines the struggle to detect and understand the tiny particles.

"Mary Palevsky needed to come to terms with the moral complexities of the atomic bomb. Her parents worked on its development during World War II and were profoundly changed by that experience. After they died, unanswered questions sent their daughter on a search for understanding." "Scientists Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, Joseph Rotblat, Herbert York, Philip Morrison, and Robert Wilson, and philosopher David Hawkins, responded to Palevsky's personal...

"String theory is currently the best candidate for a unified theory of all forces and all forms of matter in nature. As such, it has become a focal point for physical and philosophical discussions. This unique book explores the history of the theory's early stages of development, as told by its main protagonists. The book journeys from the first version of the theory (the so-called dual resonance model) in the late sixties, as an attempt to describe...

"John Canaday analyzes a variety of texts produced by physicists before, during, and after the Second World War, including Niels Bohr's "The Quantum Postulate"; the Blegdamsvej Faust, a parody of Goethe's Faust that cast physicists as its principle characters; The Los Alamos Primer, the technical lectures used for training at Los Alamos; scientists' descriptions of their work and of the Trinity test; and Leo Szilard's post-war novella, The Voice of...

"In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist Bruce A. Schumm provides an elucidation of the Standard Model of particle physics - a theory that stands as one of the crowning achievements of twentieth-century science."--Jacket.