Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals : A Conversation with Paul Steinhardt.

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. This wide-ranging conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvellous scient...

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Hlavní autor: Burton, Howard
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.
Edice:Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv22jnqp9
Obsah:
  • Intro
  • A Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • The Conversation
  • I. Introducing Quasicrystals
  • II. Building Models
  • III. Out of the Blue
  • IV. Competing Explanations
  • V. Looking to Nature
  • VI. New Year's Delight
  • VII. Confronting the Impossible
  • VIII. Tracking Khatyrkite
  • IX. Kamchatka
  • X. Passing It On
  • Continuing the Conversation