Steinhardt, Paul J.,
The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhardt. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Impossible! -- The Penrose puzzle -- Finding the loophole -- A tale of two laboratories -- Something exciting to show you -- Perfectly impossible -- Did nature beat us? -- Luca -- Quasi-happy new year -- When you say impossible -- Blue team vs. red team -- A capricious if not overtly malicious God -- The secret secret diary -- Valery Kryachko -- Something rare surrounding something impossible -- Icosahedrite -- Lost -- Found -- Ninety-nine percent -- Beating the odds -- L'uomo dei miracoli -- Nature's secret.
"One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible reads like James Gleick's Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure"--
9781476729923 1476729921 9781476729930 147672993X
2019000233
Solid state physics.
Physicists--Diaries.
Interstellar matter.
Matter.
QC176 / .S76 2019
530.4/1
The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhardt. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Impossible! -- The Penrose puzzle -- Finding the loophole -- A tale of two laboratories -- Something exciting to show you -- Perfectly impossible -- Did nature beat us? -- Luca -- Quasi-happy new year -- When you say impossible -- Blue team vs. red team -- A capricious if not overtly malicious God -- The secret secret diary -- Valery Kryachko -- Something rare surrounding something impossible -- Icosahedrite -- Lost -- Found -- Ninety-nine percent -- Beating the odds -- L'uomo dei miracoli -- Nature's secret.
"One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible reads like James Gleick's Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure"--
9781476729923 1476729921 9781476729930 147672993X
2019000233
Solid state physics.
Physicists--Diaries.
Interstellar matter.
Matter.
QC176 / .S76 2019
530.4/1