Lezing
Colloquium Ehrenfestii: The second kind of impossible
- Datum
- woensdag 22 mei 2019
- Tijd
- Locatie
- Oort
Niels Bohrweg 2
2333 CA Leiden - Zaal
- De Sitterzaal
The second kind of impossible
Quasicrystals are exotic forms of matter with symmetries that were once thought to be mathematically impossible. The first known examples were synthesized in the laboratory over 35 years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the decades-long search to answer this question, resulting in one of the strangest scientific stories you are ever likely to hear.