Critical Mass - Why I Love Neutrinos; June 2010; Scientific American Magazine; by Lawrence M. Krauss; 1 Page(s)

I’ll admit it. I am partial to neutrinos. And I always have been.

Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem by John Updike and to have sent teams of scientists deep underground for 50 years to build huge science-fictionlike contraptions to unravel their mysteries.