Chasing The Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines And The Neutrino

A mixture of memoir and biography, Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino tells a deeply human story that appeals both to scientists and non-scientists.

Although the book relates to the important discovery of neutrinos, it is more intimately about Fred Reines than the technical details of neutrino physics.

Narrated in a fashion to interest and excite the reader, the science presented here is accessible to a broad audience.

Coursing through Reines' life, his various challenges and encounters, the book reveals constants of his persona.

Reines displayed a sustained consistency as a respected leader, admired by students and colleagues as a fount of big ideas and ambition.

A continuing source of inspiration and motivation to others, his most basic consistency was his passion for science.

The quest for knowledge about the wondrous universe is a profoundly human endeavor.

Fred Reines' life and his unremitting scientific curiosity are emblematic of that truth.