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"I have done something very bad today by proposing a particle that cannot be detected; it is something no theorist should ever do." - Wolfgang Pauli, PBS on neutrino

How neutrinos saved the world makes it clear about the three flavors that neutrino could be in, of which only one was detectable until the effort that won Nobel prize 2015.

How neutrinos saved your teeth cavities.

Interesting to know so many things about the leser known particle called neutrino. With reference to many articles, the books gets general audience interested in a very scientific matter (pun intended).

A memoir on the search for and discovery of the Neutrino, a particle with no mass, invisible, and is everywhere, passing through everything. The search for the neutrino is important, as it might give us clues about the creation of the universe and life itself.

The story follows one of the leading scientists behind the neutrino, Fred Reines. This is a biography written by his nephew who interviewed family members and scientific colleagues as well as collected letters and pictures of the scientist and the projects he was involved in.

The story touches on the Manhattan Project and journeys down to a lab built in the deepest gold mine in South Africa and talks about the political interferences there and in general in regards to scientific communities around the world.

This book is written for people who are not physics savvy. I found it interesting to read, and even caught myself reading it late into the night.

I found it interesting how Fred Reines, as well as many scientists in history integrate art in their lives apart from their daily work.

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