Table of Contents

Title Page

PROLOGUE

PART ONE - LIFE: THE GRAND INQUISITOR

ONE - The Attic of 251 Via Etnea

TWO - Nuclear Crisis

THREE - Frankenstein’s Youth

FOUR - Poltergeist Exposed

FIVE - Bread and Sperm

SIX - Strong Interactions

SEVEN - Meet Ettore Majorana

EIGHT - Boys Will Be Boys

NINE - Neutrinos from Transylvania

TEN - Ode to the Vanquished

ELEVEN - Creation and Annihilation

TWELVE - The Serpent’s Egg

THIRTEEN - His Unfinished Symphony

FOURTEEN - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

FIFTEEN - Stellar Collapse

SIXTEEN - Artichokes

SEVENTEEN - Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna

EIGHTEEN - The Crepuscule of Via Panisperna

NINETEEN - Ettore’s Neutrino

TWENTY - The Quiet Before the Storm

TWENTY-ONE - The Search Party

PART TWO - AFTERLIFE: THE DARK MATTER

TWENTY-TWO - Pagliacci

TWENTY-THREE - A Pirandellian Intermezzo

TWENTY-FOUR - Don’t Cry for Him, Argentina

TWENTY-FIVE - They Thought the Sun Was Sick

TWENTY-SIX - The Sign of the Beast

TWENTY-SEVEN - Ettore Majorana™

TWENTY-EIGHT - A Vote of Silence

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgements

REFERENCES

CREDITS