Neutrino
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Neutrinos are as near to nothing as anything we know, and so elusive that they are almost invisible. Frank Close tells the story of the neutrino, explaining their growing significance, and looking at how neutrino astronomy is at the threshold of enabling us to look into distant galaxies and to finding echoes of the Big Bang.
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Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science Shares science, physics, nonfiction -
An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe Shares science, physics, nonfiction -
The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions Shares science, physics, nonfiction -
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series) Shares science, physics, nonfiction
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
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Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages, And The Infinite Weirdness Of Programmable Atoms
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The Strange Case Of Mrs. Hudson's Cat: And Other Science Mysteries Solved By Sherlock Holmes
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Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
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A Grand and Bold Thing: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering In A New Era of Discovery
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A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and U niverse
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Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction