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- catalog abstract "After he received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1991, students, schools, and science clubs throughout the French-speaking world invited Pierre-Gilles de Gennes to lecture about his work in science, about the work of a scientist, and about the role of science in the modern world. This absorbing and beautifully written book emerged from those lectures and from the lively discussions, probing questions, and spontaneous replies that followed.".
- catalog alternative "Objets fragiles. English".
- catalog contributor b9761224.
- catalog contributor b9761225.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "After he received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1991, students, schools, and science clubs throughout the French-speaking world invited Pierre-Gilles de Gennes to lecture about his work in science, about the work of a scientist, and about the role of science in the modern world. This absorbing and beautifully written book emerged from those lectures and from the lively discussions, probing questions, and spontaneous replies that followed.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Preface: School Stories -- The Indian boot and Mr. Goodyear -- The noodle soup -- The tubeless siphon and the runaway boat -- The Egyptian scribe, arabic gum, and Chinese ink -- Liquid crystals and the school of fish -- On the Surface of things: Wetting and dewetting -- Bubbles and foams -- Fragile objects -- Profession: Research scientist -- Discovery -- A positive science -- The Environment -- A pedagogy for the real world -- The imperialism of mathematics -- A little oxygen -- New banners.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 189 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fragile objects.".
- catalog identifier "0387947744 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fragile objects.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Springer,".
- catalog relation "Fragile objects.".
- catalog subject "530 20".
- catalog subject "Education Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "Matter Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "QC171.2 .G4613 1996".
- catalog subject "Research Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "Surfaces (Physics) Miscellanea.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: School Stories -- The Indian boot and Mr. Goodyear -- The noodle soup -- The tubeless siphon and the runaway boat -- The Egyptian scribe, arabic gum, and Chinese ink -- Liquid crystals and the school of fish -- On the Surface of things: Wetting and dewetting -- Bubbles and foams -- Fragile objects -- Profession: Research scientist -- Discovery -- A positive science -- The Environment -- A pedagogy for the real world -- The imperialism of mathematics -- A little oxygen -- New banners.".
- catalog title "Fragile objects : soft matter, hard science, and the thrill of discovery / Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Jacques Badoz ; translated by Axel Reisinger.".
- catalog title "Objets fragiles. English".
- catalog type "Berlin (1997) swd".
- catalog type "Miscellanea. fast".
- catalog type "text".