This paper commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great scientist and neutrino researcher Bruno Pontecorvo. His major contributions are reviewed, including the radiochemical method of neutrino detection; the recognition of the ν—e universality of the weak interaction; and the idea of using accelerated neutrinos to discern between ν_e and ν_μ. Pontecorvo’s fundamental idea of neutrino masses, mixing and oscillations is discussed in fair detail, as is the development of this idea by Pontecorvo and Gribov and Pontecorvo and myself.

PACS: 01.60+q, 01.65.+g, 14.60.Pq (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201405g.0531 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/5/g/ 000340732000007 2-s2.0-84905964904 2014PhyU...57..489B Citation: Bilenky S M "Bruno Pontecorvo and the neutrino" Phys. Usp. 57 489–496 (2014) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Accepted: 2nd, September 2013 Оригинал: Биленький С М «Бруно Понтекорво и нейтрино» УФН 184 531–538 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201405g.0531 B.M. Pontecorvo is author of Physics-Uspekhi