Simple Views on Condensed Matter

Book Description
This volume is a selection of invaluable papers by P-G de Gennes — 1991 Nobel Prize winner in Physics — which have had a long-lasting impact on our understanding of condensed matter. Important ideas on polymers, liquid crystals and interfaces are described. The author has added some afterthoughts to the main papers (explaining their successes or weaknesses), and some current views on each special problem. The text is simple and easy to read.


Book Info
Selection of papers by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, a 1991 Nobel Prize winner in Physics. Papers are those which have had a long-lasting impact on our understanding of condensed matter. The author has added some afterthoughts to the main papers, and some current views on each special problem. Hardcover, softcover available.


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Readership: Physicists, chemists, hydrodynamicists and materials scientists.


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A collection on important papers by the winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physics, focusing on his work in areas of solid state physics, liquid crystals, polymers, interfaces, wetting, and adhesion. Papers were originally written from the 1950s through the 1990s. Complex systems are explained without heavy calculations, using simple scaling laws as the main tool. Includes afterthoughts and current views on each special problem by the author. This edition contains more papers. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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