Bose-Einstein Condensates
The Fifth State of MatterBy Aira Astralis
Length1h 47m
About this audiobook
In 1924 a letter from an unknown physicist in Dhaka gave Albert Einstein a new way of counting identical particles; in 1995 a laboratory in Boulder used that counting to make the coldest object ever built. This book tells the whole story of the Bose-Einstein condensate, the fifth state of matter: Bose's mistaken counting and Einstein's prediction, superfluid helium's early promise, the twenty-year hunt for the temperature, the discovery of 5 June 1995 and the Nobel Prize that followed. It carries the physics without equations: laser cooling and evaporation, the single wave that is the theory, quantized vortices, paired fermions, the family of atomic and quasiparticle condensates, atom lasers and the world's best clocks, condensates in free fall aboard the space station, and the fringes where the counting reaches dark matter and the web. Written in plain prose for the curious general reader.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Introduction
3Chapter 1: The Discovery of Bose-Einstein Condensates
4Chapter 2: Bosons and Fermions: The Two Statistics
5Chapter 3: The Anatomy of a Condensate
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6Chapter 4: Helium: The Condensate That Was Already There
7Chapter 5: The Long Road to 1995
8Chapter 6: The Coldest Place on Earth: June 1995
9Chapter 7: The Instruments of Cold
10Chapter 8: The Theory of the Wave
11Chapter 9: Important Features of Bose-Einstein Condensates
12Chapter 10: Vortices and Superfluid Motion
13Chapter 11: Fermions Pair Up
14Chapter 12: The Family of Condensates
15Chapter 13: Low Dimensions and Small Worlds
16Chapter 14: The Atom Laser
17Chapter 15: The Instruments of Time
18Chapter 16: The Coldest Objects Ever Made
19Chapter 17: The Sky and Free Fall
20Chapter 18: Uses and Visions
21Chapter 19: The Man Who Counted Identically: Bose and Einstein
22Chapter 20: The Fringes: From Dark Matter to the Web
23Chapter 21: Fun Facts and Trivia About Bose-Einstein Condensates
24Chapter 22: Conclusion: The Significance of Bose-Einstein Condensates
25Conclusion
26References: Bose-Einstein Condensates
27Glossary
28About the Author
29Series Info
30Copyright
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