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SUMMARY:Half-Life: A mysterious tale of neutrinos and spies  - Prof Frank 
 Close (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20160127T200000Z
DTEND:20160127T210000Z
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CONTACT:Swaraj Dash
DESCRIPTION:Bruno Pontecorvo was the father of neutrino astronomy and a br
 illiant nuclear physicist who disappeared through the Iron Curtain at the 
 height of the Cold War. He was first with an idea on how to find the ghost
 ly neutrino\, he proposed experiments that led to discovery of solar neutr
 inos\, he realised that there is more than one variety of these enigmatic 
 beasts and inspired the new science of neutrino astronomy. Yet\, he never 
 won a Nobel Prize\, and this is partly because his time in the Soviet Unio
 n prevented him fulfilling his ideas. To this day\, the mystery remains 
 – why did he flee so suddenly\, was he a brilliant spy as well as a phys
 icist\, and what secrets did he take with him to the Soviet Union? Prof. F
 rank Close of Oxford University tells the story\, from his new book Half L
 ife and reveals the role of the infamous traitor\, Kim Philby in the affai
 r.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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