Soft Matter

The stuff that dreams are made of
2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-0584-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piazza, Roberto

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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).

Über Autor(innen)

Piazza, Roberto
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.