The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476729923
- ISBN: 1476729921
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Physical Description:
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viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm - Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Making the impossible possible. Impossible! ; The Penrose puzzle ; Finding the loophole ; A tale of two laboratories ; Something exciting to show you ; Perfectly impossible -- Part II: The quest begins. 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 -- Part III: Kamchatka or bust Lost ; Found ; Ninety-nine percent ; Beating the odds ; L'uomo dei miracoli ; Nature's secret. |
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Subject: | Solid state physics Physicists -- Diaries Interstellar matter Matter |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | 530.41 Stei (Text) | 33294002048726 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |