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A Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

By Paul J. Steinhardt
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Simon & Schuster (Adult) ISBN

9781476729923

A Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

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Curious geometric patterns inspired physicist Paul Steinhardt to hypothesize the impossible: matter made of quasicrystals. His quest for a sample took decades, and led him to the ends of the Earth.
Index. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions. Full-color photo insert.
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