A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
Autor Joao Magueijoen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 noi 2009
On
the
night
of
March
26,
1938,
nuclear
physicist
Ettore
Majorana
boarded
a
ship,
cash
and
passport
in
hand.
He
was
never
seen
again.
InA
Brilliant
Darkness,
theoretical
physicist
João
Magueijo
tells
the
story
of
Majorana
and
his
research
group,
“the
Via
Panisperna
Boys,”
who
discovered
atomic
fission
in
1934.
As
Majorana,
the
most
brilliant
of
the
group,
began
to
realize
the
implications
of
what
they
had
found,
he
became
increasingly
unstable.
Did
he
commit
suicide
that
night
in
Palermo?
Was
he
kidnapped?
Did
he
stage
his
own
death?A
Brilliant
Darknesschronicles
Majorana's
invaluable
contributions
to
science—including
his
major
discovery,
the
Majorana
neutrino—while
revealing
the
truth
behind
his
fascinating
and
tragic
life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465009039
ISBN-10: 0465009034
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, figures
Dimensiuni: 160 x 246 x 172 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0465009034
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, figures
Dimensiuni: 160 x 246 x 172 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Locul publicării:United States
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Notă biografică
Joao
Magueijohas
taught
at
Cambridge
University,
Princeton
University,
and
the
University
of
California,
Berkeley.
He
currently
holds
a
Chair
in
Theoretical
Physics
at
Imperial
College,
London.
Author
ofFaster
Than
the
Speed
of
Light,
he
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Publishers
Weekly
“Part mystery, part biography and part nuclear physics primer…. Magueijo's examination of Majorana…reveals a troubled, confounding man whose disappearance has inspired as many conspiracy theories as the Roswell incident.”
Library Journal
“[Magueijo] could have easily fallen into the jargon of his profession to describe the work of a fellow scientist, but he does not. His clear explanation of Majorana's insight into nuclear physics, often accompanied with drawings and illustrations, will appeal to a wide audience.”
SEEDMagazine.com
“A Brilliant Darknessexcavates Majorana's troubled life, explaining his contributions to physics and uncovering new clues about his peculiar disappearance more than 70 years ago.”
Booklist(starred review)
“Magueijo explains [Majorana's] scientific theories in mercifully simple terms. But what simple terms can illuminate a tortured and unstable personality, vulnerable to bouts of depression and prone to antisocial reclusiveness? The complexities of that personality resist assimilation into any of the standard explanations – suicide, kidnapping, flight, monastic retreat – for Majorana's disappearance. But astounded readers will thank Magueijo for his daring venture into the science and the psyche of a perplexing figure.”
“Part mystery, part biography and part nuclear physics primer…. Magueijo's examination of Majorana…reveals a troubled, confounding man whose disappearance has inspired as many conspiracy theories as the Roswell incident.”
Library Journal
“[Magueijo] could have easily fallen into the jargon of his profession to describe the work of a fellow scientist, but he does not. His clear explanation of Majorana's insight into nuclear physics, often accompanied with drawings and illustrations, will appeal to a wide audience.”
SEEDMagazine.com
“A Brilliant Darknessexcavates Majorana's troubled life, explaining his contributions to physics and uncovering new clues about his peculiar disappearance more than 70 years ago.”
Booklist(starred review)
“Magueijo explains [Majorana's] scientific theories in mercifully simple terms. But what simple terms can illuminate a tortured and unstable personality, vulnerable to bouts of depression and prone to antisocial reclusiveness? The complexities of that personality resist assimilation into any of the standard explanations – suicide, kidnapping, flight, monastic retreat – for Majorana's disappearance. But astounded readers will thank Magueijo for his daring venture into the science and the psyche of a perplexing figure.”