Are There Really Neutrinos?

Allan Franklin is Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado. He works on the history and philosophy of science, particularly on the roles of scientific experiment. His previous books include Can That Be Right? Essays on Experiment, Evidence, and Science The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force: Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics and The Principle of Inertia in the Middle Ages He is also the recipient of several awards, including The Distinguished Research Lectureship from the Council on Research and Creative Work from the University of Colorado, as well as the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Award.

Preface -- Introduction -- The Road to the Neutrino -- The Neutrino Hypothesis -- Toward a Universal Fermi Interaction -- Fermi’s Theory: The Final Act -- “Observing” the Neutrino: The Reines-Cowan Experiments -- How Much? The Mass of the Neutrino -- How Many? Whose? -- The Missing Solar Neutrinos -- Neutrino Oscillations -- Conclusion: There Are Neutrinos