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Soft Order in Physical Systems
. Ed(S): Bruinsma, R.; Rabin, Y.
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Paperback. Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in honor of Shlomo Alexander in Les Houches, France, February 16-25, 1993 Editor(s): Bruinsma, R.; Rabin, Y. Series: NATO Science Series B. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHU; PNK; PNN; PNNP; TGMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
A humoristic view of the physics of soft matter, which nevertheless has a ring of truth to it, is that it is an ill-defined subject which deals with ill-condensed matter by ill-defined methods. Although, since the Nobel prize was awarded to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, this subject can be no longer shrugged-away as "sludge physics" by the physics community, it is still not viewed universally as "main stream" physics. While, at first glance, this may be considered as another example of inertia, a case of the "establishment" against the "newcomer", the roots of this prejudice are much deeper and can be ... Read more
A humoristic view of the physics of soft matter, which nevertheless has a ring of truth to it, is that it is an ill-defined subject which deals with ill-condensed matter by ill-defined methods. Although, since the Nobel prize was awarded to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, this subject can be no longer shrugged-away as "sludge physics" by the physics community, it is still not viewed universally as "main stream" physics. While, at first glance, this may be considered as another example of inertia, a case of the "establishment" against the "newcomer", the roots of this prejudice are much deeper and can be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series B
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461360469
SKU
V9781461360469
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