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Gianfranco D'Anna.
60.7 Nanoseconds: an infinitestimal instant in the life of a man.
jVj. 2016

Nothing could be “superluminal”, not so much as a single neutrino, and suddenly a safety valve was activated, which stopped him from reading any further. “Stuff and nonsense!” he said, wiping the message from the screen in irritation and focusing his attention elsewhere.

CERN – September 23, 2011: a respected research group presented evidence that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light. Beautifully precise and riveting, this novel depicts the slow unravelling of a claim that would have changed the world.

This novel is inspired by a real event in the field of particle physics and the scientific details are, as far as possible, accurate. The characters, situations and dialogue, on the other hand, are the product of the author’s imagination.