Download or read book P.G. de Gennes' Impact on Science: Soft matter and biophysics written by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the scientific impact of the work of Nobel Laureate, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. This book covers the important fields for which de Gennes was renowned: solid state, macroscopic random media and percolation, supersolids, liquid crystals, polymers, adhesion and friction, and biophysics.