The Second Kind of Impossible
The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
by Paul Steinhardt
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appears in Physics, Science, and Nonfiction.
Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. ?A riveting tale of derringdo? (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick?s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.When leading Princet...
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appears in Physics, Science, and Nonfiction.
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