The Neutrino Hunters: Ray Jayawardhana

The Chase for the Ghost Particle and the Secrets of the Universe. Before the Higgs boson, there was a maddening search for another particle – the ghostly neutrino. First detected in 1956, its fleeting appearances have teased answers to many mysteries: How did the Big Bang happen? Why is antimatter so rare? What might dark matter be made of? And could faster-than-light travel be possible, overturning Einstein’s theory of special relativity? But the quest for the neutrino also encompasses adventure, from Cold War defections and extra dimensions to mile-deep holes in the Antarctic ice and a troubled genius who disappeared without a trace...Detective thriller meets astrophysics in this adventure into neutrinos and the scientists who pursue them.