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

by Paul J. Steinhardt

Book Overview

*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 derring-do" (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick's Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.

When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476729921
• ISBN13: 9781476729923
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.4"