By the grace of AEC, BNL, God, Green and Hayworth (alphabetical order), we should see neutrinos.

He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms and space, everything else is opinion'.

Democritus's work on the void was revolutionary.

Neutrinos ... win the minimalist contest: zero charge, zero radius, and very possibly zero mass.

Experimenters don’t come in late—they never went home.

By the grace of AEC, BNL, God, Green and Hayworth (alphabetical order), we should see neutrinos.

Where do we stand today compared to Greece circa 400 B.C.? Today's experiment-driven 'standard model' is not all that dissimilar to Democritus's speculative [sic] atomic theory.