Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar - NOTE LOCATION!

Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals

ABSTRACT: Quasicrystals are exotic materials that have symmetries that were once thought to be impossible for matter. The first known examples were synthesized in the laboratory 30 years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the search that took over a dozen years to answer this question, resulting in one of the strangest scientific stories you are ever likely to hear.

Date & Time

February 04, 2014 | 11:00am – 12:00pm

Location

Bloomberg Hall, Lecture Hall

Affiliation

Princeton University

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Notes

This talk is intended for a broad audience of non-scientists and scientists.