Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals - A Conversation with Paul Steinhardt
By Howard Burton
Length2h 27m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth 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 extensive 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 Paul 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 disharmonies
II. Building Models - Forcing forbidden symmetries
III. Out of the Blue - The real world intervenes
IV. Competing Explanations - A three-horse race
V. Looking to Nature - Developing a separation algorithm
VI. New Year’s Delight - Persistence pays off
VII. Confronting the Impossible - Encountering rock-hard scepticism
VIII. Tracking Khatyrkite - Smoke, mirrors, and the holotype sample
IX. Kamchatka - Closure, and perhaps another beginning
X. Passing It On - How to keep the flame of science burning brightly
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Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length2 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
9V. Looking to Nature
2A Note on the Text
10VI. New Year’s Delight
3Introduction
11VII. Confronting the Impossible
4The Conversation
12VIII. Tracking Khatyrkite
5I. Introducing Quasicrystals
13IX. Kamchatka
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6II. Building Models
14X. Passing It On
7III. Out of the Blue
15Continuing the Conversation
8IV. Competing Explanations
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