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Soft Matter

The stuff that dreams are made of

Roberto Piazza (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2011 | 2011 ed.
Copernicus (Verlag)
978-94-007-0584-5 (ISBN)

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Roberto Piazza says: “Physics should be made simple enough to be amusing, but not so trivial as to spoil the fun.” This is exactly the approach of this book in making the science of ‘soft matter’ relevant to everyday life things such as the food we eat, the plastic we use, the concrete we build with, the cells we are made of.

Roberto Piazza trained as a physicist at the school of Vittorio Degiorgio, and is now a professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Associate Editor of the European Physical Journal E and coordinator of the European Space Agency's Topical Team for "Applications of colloids in microgravity" of the European Space Agency. He has made important contributions to research on nanoparticle suspensions, polymer and surfactant solutions and biological macromolecules. He is not only a gifted physicists, but equally well versed in history and literature.

Foreword.- Preface to the English edition.- 1 Overture: a special day.- 2 A life in suspense.- 3 Freedom in chains.- 4 Double-faced Janus Molecules.- 5 Nanoarchitecture.- 6 Dreamtime.- Weird words: soft matter from A to Z.- Index of common things (or almost so).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2011
Zusatzinfo	35 Illustrations, color; 26 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 280 p. 61 illus., 35 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	La materia dei sogni
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
	Technik
Schlagworte	cells as soft materials • complex fluids jamming • plastics and polymers explained • the physics of biological matter • understanding polymer dynamics
ISBN-10	94-007-0584-0 / 9400705840
ISBN-13	978-94-007-0584-5 / 9789400705845
Zustand	Neuware