naa a22 4500 510774652 CHVBK 20180411083226.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12210-012-0203-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12210-012-0203-3 Steinhardt Paul Department of Physics, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, 08544, Princeton, NJ, USA aut Quasicrystals: a brief history of the impossible [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Steinhardt] The 30-year history of quasicrystals is one in which, time after time, the conventional scientific view about what is possible has been proven wrong. First, quasicrystals were thought to be mathematically impossible; then, physically impossible; then, impossible unless synthesised in the laboratory under carefully controlled conditions. One by one, these strongly held views have been disproven, the last only recently as the result of the discovery of a natural quasicrystal found in a meteorite dating back to the formation of the solar system. This paper is a brief personal perspective on this history of misunderstanding and discovery. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2012 Quasicrystals nationallicence Icosahedral symmetry nationallicence Diffraction nationallicence Icosahedrite nationallicence Rendiconti Lincei Springer Milan 24(2013-02-01), 85-91 2037-4631 24<85 2013 24 12210 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-012-0203-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-012-0203-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Steinhardt Paul Department of Physics, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, 08544, Princeton, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Rendiconti Lincei Springer Milan 24(2013-02-01), 85-91 2037-4631 24<85 2013 24 12210 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer