Are There Really Neutrinos?: An Evidential History

Author:   Allan Franklin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9780813341286


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 August 2003
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Are There Really Neutrinos?: An Evidential History


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In this intriguing and accessible book, physicist Allan Franklin examines the experiments on neutrino oscillations. He argues that this history gives us good reason to believe in the existence of the neutrino, a particle that interacts so weakly with matter that its interaction length is measured in light years of lead. Only recently, the scientific process has provided evidence of the elusive neutrino. Written in a style accessible to any reader with a college education in physics, Are There Really Neutrinos? is of interest to students and researchers alike.

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Author:   Allan Franklin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9780813341286


ISBN 10:   0813341280
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 August 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780367190026
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- The Road to the Neutrino -- The Neutrino Hypothesis -- Toward a Universal Fermi Interaction -- Fermi’s Theory: The Final Act -- “Observing” the Neutrino: The Reines-Cowan Experiments -- How Much? The Mass of the Neutrino -- How Many? Whose? -- The Missing Solar Neutrinos -- Neutrino Oscillations -- Conclusion: There Are Neutrinos

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Allan Franklin is Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado. He works on the history and philosophy of science, particularly on the roles of scientific experiment. His previous books include Can That Be Right? Essays on Experiment, Evidence, and Science The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force: Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics and The Principle of Inertia in the Middle Ages He is also the recipient of several awards, including The Distinguished Research Lectureship from the Council on Research and Creative Work from the University of Colorado, as well as the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Award.

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