missing neutrinos

m.driussi06 Jul 1998, 13:59original

Damien Broderick, I'm glad you mentioned the "missing neutrinos" belief! This led to scientific scenarios ranging from a black hole in the Sun (as the ultimate source of the fusion) to a "dying sun"; and the science fiction seems to have moved accordingly--Clarke's SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH has the Solar System wiped out by a dying sun traceable to the missing neutrinos, IIRC. I think it is consciously used by Wolfe in the Urth Cycle--a clever "science retro-fit" of Zothique/The Dying Earth, using off-the-shelf items. And recent news, "Neutrinos have mass!" (Picture them in their itty bitty little pews.) Science marches on! =mantis=

Derek Bell06 Jul 1998, 19:59original

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And recent news, "Neutrinos have mass!" (Picture them in their itty bitty little pews.) Science marches on!

Ah, but were they raised Catholic or did they convert, like Gene? :-) Derek

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