"for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers"
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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France
born 1932
CA - College
de France, Paris, France
AA - College
de France
WA - College
de France & University of
Paris-South 11, Orsay, France
Additional Information:
- Nobel e-Museum Prize in Physics 1991
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes?web page
- Article (French) from L'Attracteur (No.1, Sept. 1995)