Bose knows. (low temperature physics)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 1, 1995 | Copyright information

Low temperature research in which atoms are cooled to temperatures just above absolute zero has revealed a possible fifth elemental state, the proposed Bose-Einstein condensate. It is thought this may be the state in which atoms blend together.

SCIENCE sorts things out. It asks "What kind of thing is this?" With its answers it organises the world. In ancient Greece, in China and in India, the answers organised the world into four simple elements: earth, air, fire and water. Everything--flesh, figs, fossils and all--was a mixture of these four fundamental substances. All properties ...

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