Materials in a New Era - Proceedings of the 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum

The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled "Materials in a New Era," was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum was designed to launch the report entitled Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow 's Technology. That report, part of the decadal survey series, Physics in a New Era, reviews some of the outstanding accomplishments in materials research over the last decade. It indicates some emerging areas and conveys the true excitement in the field from a perspective of basic science and potential societal impact.

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• Authors: Commission On Physical Sciences Mathemat, Commission on Physical Sciences Mathematics and Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, Solid State Sciences Committee
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2000
• EAN: 9780309067997
• ISBN: 978-0-309-06799-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: Information Technology: Transm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics