THE SECOND KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE : THE EXTRAORDINARY QUEST FOR A NEW FORM OF MATTER / PAUL J. STEINHARDT.

By: Steinhardt, Paul J [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : SIMON & SCHUSTER PAPERBACKS, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: x, 387 pages : illustrations; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781476729930Subject(s): Solid state physics | Physicists -- Diaries | Interstellar matter | MatterDDC classification: 530.41
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.

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