Bibliograph

The second kind of impossible, the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter, Paul J. Steinhardt

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Label

The second kind of impossible, the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter, Paul J. Steinhardt

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The second kind of impossible

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paul J. Steinhardt

Sub title

the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter

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

Table Of 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

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