The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter /
Paul J. Steinhardt.
Bok Engelsk 2019
Omfang | viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ;
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Utgave | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Opplysninger | 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"--
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ISBN | 1476729921. - 147672993X. - 9781476729923. - 9781476729930
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