The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhard...
The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhard...
The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhardt.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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G 2019/0652
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English
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Physical content
viii, 387 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Making the impossible possible. Impossible! ; The penrose puzzle ; Finding the loophole ; A tale of two laboratories ; Something exciting to show you ; Perfectly impossible -- The quest begins. Did nature beat us? ; Luca ; Quasi-happy new year ; When you say impossible ; Blue team vs. red team ; A c...
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s, scientists thought they knew all the conceivable forms of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible is the story of Steinhardt's thirty-five-year-long quest to challenge conventional wisdom. It begins with a curious geometric pattern that inspires two theoretical physicists to...
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The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhardt.
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Includes index.
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©2019
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G 2019/0652
Record Identifier
74VKV086DkNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV086DkNZ
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ISBN
1476729921 (hardcover)
9781476729923 (hardcover)
DDC
548
MMS ID
991024227490602626
