Frank Close presents his book "Neutrino" and a forthcoming book on Bruno Pontecorvo

Wednesday 17 Apr 2013, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

Library, 52 1-052 (CERN)

Frank Close's book Neutrino is short listed for the Italian Galileo Prize.
Frank describes how he was inspired to write about Ray Davis' heroic quest
to do what many thought was impossible - detect neutrinos from the sun - and
how in turn he has become fascinated by the life and work of "Mr Neutrino" -
Bruno Pontecorvo - and is writing a biography of him.

By having chosen to move to the USSR suddenly in 1950, Pontecorvo missed out
on getting full credit for several seminal ideas about neutrinos, including
possibly their discovery. Why he went to the USSR so suddenly has been
unresolved for 60 years. Frank's book "A Life of Two Halves" may answer
that, in 2014. He will update on progress so far.

Wednesday 17/04/2013 at 16:00 in the Library, 52-1-052

Tea/coffee will be served from 15:30