Sensitive Matter - Foams, Gels, Liquid Crystals, and Other Miracles

Informationen zum Autor Michel Mitov is Director of Research at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, France) and Head of Liquid Crystal Group at CEMES (Centre d’Elaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales) in Toulouse Klappentext Life would not exist without sensitive! or soft! matter. Red blood globules! lung fluid! and membranes depend on it! as do industrial emulsions! gels! plastics! liquid crystals! and granular materials. Physicist Michel Mitov ranges from the miracle of mayonnaise to the liquefaction of dry blood in this fascinating introduction. Zusammenfassung Life would not exist without sensitive! or soft! matter. Red blood globules! lung fluid! and membranes depend on it! as do industrial emulsions! gels! plastics! liquid crystals! and granular materials. Physicist Michel Mitov ranges from the miracle of mayonnaise to the liquefaction of dry blood in this fascinating introduction.

Product details

• Authors: Michel Mitov, Mitov Michel, Giselle Weiss
• Assisted by: Giselle Weiss (Translation), Weiss Giselle (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9780674064560
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06456-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter