Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals: A Conversation with Paul Steinhardt (Ideas Roadshow Conversations)
Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF نویسندگان: Howard Burton
جزئیات
فرمت: Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF ناشر: Open Agenda Publishing Inc. تاریخ انتشار نسخه الکترونیکی : November 19, 2020
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لینک: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NXG7VH6
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توضیحات
This book is based on an in-depth conversation with Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. This conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvellous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. You will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the laboratory, to the discovery of a new state of matter, that culminated in Steinhardt’s dramatic Siberian expedition. Paul Steinhardt talks about his encounters with mineral smugglers, secret diaries and quasi-mythical characters during his “Indiana Jones” expedition from Florence to Israel, Amsterdam to California, Princeton to Kamchatka which led him to find quasicrystals that are quite literally out of this world...This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Informed Authority, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:I. Introducing Quasicrystals - Innovative symmetries through visual disharmoniesII. Building Models - Forcing forbidden symmetriesIII. Out of the Blue - The real world intervenesIV. Competing Explanations - A three-horse raceV. Looking to Nature - Developing a separation algorithmVI. New Year’s Delight - Persistence pays offVII. Confronting the Impossible - Encountering rock-hard scepticismVIII. Tracking Khatyrkite - Smoke, mirrors, and the holotype sampleIX. Kamchatka - Closure, and perhaps another beginningX. Passing It On - How to keep the flame of science burning brightlyThis book is also part of the five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection, Conversations About Physics, Volume 1, which is available in hardcover paperback and electronic format.About Ideas Roadshow Conversations: Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
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