F. E. Close Books
Eclipse
By F. E. Close
On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular sci...
Read MoreThe Infinity Puzzle: How the Hunt to Understand the Universe Led to Extraordinary Science, High Politics, and the Large Hadron Collider
By F. E. Close
"Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake...
Read MoreHalf life
By F. E. Close
Bruno Pontecorvo dedicated his career to hunting for the Higgs boson of his day-- the neutrino, a nearly massless particle considered essential to the process of nuclear fission. His work on the Ma...
Read MoreHalf life
By F. E. Close
One of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, Bruno Pontecorvo was privy to many secrets. Yet when he disappeared MI5 insisted he was not a threat. Now, based on unprecedented access to a...
Read MoreHalf life
By F. E. Close
One of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, Bruno Pontecorvo was privy to many secrets. Yet when he disappeared MI5 insisted he was not a threat. Now, based on unprecedented access to a...
Read More