A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age

by João Magueijo

Book Overview

On the night of March 26, 1938, nuclear physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a ship, cash and passport in hand. He was never seen again. In A Brilliant Darkness, theoretical physicist Joao Magueijo tells the story of Majorana and his research group, "the Via Panisperna Boys," who discovered atomic fission in 1934. As Majorana, the most brilliant of the group, began to realize the implications of what they had found, he became increasingly unstable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465009034
• ISBN13: 9780465009039
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"