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020 _a9781476729923
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050 0 0 _aQC176
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082 0 0 _a530.4/1
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100 1 _aSteinhardt, Paul J.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe second kind of impossible :
_bthe extraordinary quest for a new form of matter /
_cPaul J. Steinhardt.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019
300 _aviii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aImpossible! -- 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aSolid state physics.
650 0 _aPhysicists
_vDiaries.
650 0 _aInterstellar matter.
650 0 _aMatter.
985 _aOUCIP
_d2019-01-17
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