Are There Really Neutrinos? : An Evidential History - Allan D. Franklin

Are There Really Neutrinos?

An Evidential History

By: Allan D. Franklin, Alysia D. Marino

Paperback | 30 September 2021 | Edition Number 2

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This intriguing and accessible book examines the experiments on neutrino oscillations. It argues that this history gives us good reason to believe in the existence of neutrinos, a particle that interacts so weakly with matter that its interaction length is measured in light years of lead. Yet, 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. This second edition contains a new epilogue highlighting the new developments in neutrino physics over the past 20 years.

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Praise for the first edition

"Franklin's excellent book is especially welcome and timely. It tells us much about the history of the neutrino and related physics.... It deserves a wide readership."
-William Evenson, History of Physics Newsletter


Praise for the first edition

"Franklin's excellent book is especially welcome and timely. It tells us much about the history of the neutrino and related physics. . . . It deserves a wide readership."
- William Evenson, History of Physics Newsletter

Praise for the second edition

"The question posed by the title of this work is a reasonable one. Neutrinos are the most elusive known things, their existence revealed only by the most careful of experiments. Franklin, author of the first edition (2018), writes: "My purpose is to persuade the reader that science is a reasonable enterprise, which produces knowledge of the physical world on the basis of valid experimental evidence and reasoned and critical discussion." This valuable book succeeds in achieving that goal, conveying the practice of science through its intellectual history. The earlier edition covered neutrinos from their beginnings, when they were regarded as something necessary but still undetected, carrying through to the discovery of neutrino oscillations at the beginning of the 21st century. This second edition adds a new 40-page epilogue, covering highlights of the last 20 years of neutrino research, including the "neutrinoless" beta decay experiments. Some background in physics is desirable for readers hoping to appreciate the book's account of decades of theoretical and experimental research on neutrinos. This work is designed to appeal mainly to scientists, but will also engage lay readers interested in the history and philosophy of science. Any university library that does not own the first edition should certainly consider acquiring the second.

- M. C. Ogilvie, Washington University, USA, in CHOICE March 2021, Vol. 58 No. 7

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