Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics - The Science of the World Around Us

The development of transistors, the integrated circuit, liquid-crystal displays, and even DVD players can be traced back to fundamental research pioneered in the field of condensed-matter and materials physics (CMPP). The United States has been a leader in the field, but that status is now in jeopardy. Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics, part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, assesses the present state of the field in the United States, examines possible directions for the 21st century, offers a set of scientific challenges for American researchers to tackle, and makes recommendations for effective spending of federal funds. This book maintains that the field of CMPP is certain to be principle to both scientific and economic advances over the next decade and the lack of an achievable plan would leave the United States behind. This book's discussion of the intellectual and technological challenges of the coming decade centers around six grand challenges concerning energy demand, the physics of life, information technology, nanotechnology, complex phenomena, and behavior far from equilibrium. Policy makers, university administrators, industry research and development executives dependent upon developments in CMPP, and scientists working in the field will find this book of interest.

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Part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, this work assesses the state of the field in the United States, examines possible directions for the 21st century, offers a set of scientific challenges for American researchers to tackle, and makes recommendations for effective spending of federal funds.

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• Authors: Board On Physics And Astronomy, Committee on CMMP 2010, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, Solid State Sciences Committee
• Assisted by: National Research Council (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780309109697
• ISBN: 978-0-309-10969-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 252 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 785 g
• Series: Physics 2010; Physics 2010
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering