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P.G. DE GENNES' IMPACT ON SCIENCE (VOLUME
I)
Solid State and Liquid Crystals
P.G. DE GENNES' IMPACT ON SCIENCE (VOLUME
II)
Soft Matter and Biophysics
edited by Julien Bok (ESPCI ParisTech, France)
, Jacques Prost (ESPCI ParisTech, France) & Françoise
Brochard-Wyart (Institut Curie, France & University Paris
VI, France)
(Vol. I) 978-981-4273-80-0:
US$48 / £36 US$36 / £27
(Vol. II) 978-981-4280-63-1:
US$48 / £36 US$36 / £27
(Set) 978-981-4280-65-5:
US$86 / £65 US$64.50 /
£48.75
This publication, in two volumes, is devoted to the
scientific impact of the work of Nobel Laureate, Pierre-Gilles de
Gennes, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. It covers
the important fields for which de Gennes was renowned: solid state
(magnetism and superconductivity), macroscopic random media and
percolation, supersolids, liquid crystals, polymers, adhesion and
friction, and biophysics.
The book brings together internationally renowned experts to
contribute their perspectives on the significance of de Gennes' works.
They have each selected a definitive paper, which gives the state of
the field at the time the paper was published, highlights the paper's
importance and provides an analysis of the development of the field
right up to the modern day. The insightful perspectives of these
scientists make the book both unique and intriguing.
Contents (VOLUME I):
- Magnetism (J Friedel)
- Surface Bound States in Unconventional
Superconductors: An Unforseen Consequence of Earlier Work by
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Daniel Saint-James (G Deutscher)
- Superconductivity at High Temperature in the
Cuprates (J Bok)
- Macroscopic Random Media and Percolation (E
Guyon et al.)
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Supersolidity
-Comment on C R Physique 7, 561-566 (2006) (S Balibar)
- On "An Analogy Between Superconductors and
Smectics-A"(T Lubensky)
- On a Few Universal Aspects of Liquid Crystals
(P Pieranski)
Contents (VOLUME II):
- The n = 0 Discovery (T Witten)
- Dynamics of Entangled Polymers: the Three Key
Ideas (M Rubinstein)
- Polyelectrolytes: The de Gennes Legacy (P
Pincus & O Saleh)
- Polymers in Confined Geometries (K Guevorkian
& F Brochard-Wyart)
- Adhesion and Friction (H Brown)
- An Approach to Cell Adhesion Inspired from
Polymer Physics (P Nassoy)
- Spreading Made a Splash (L Bocquet)
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