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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ( French: [ʒɛn]; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991. [2] [3] [4] [5] Education and early life. He was born in Paris, France, and was home-schooled to the age of 12. By the age of 13, he had adopted adult reading habits and was visiting museums. [6] .
May 14, 2024 · Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (born October 24, 1932, Paris, France—died May 18, 2007, Orsay) was a French physicist, who was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discoveries about the ordering of molecules in liquid crystals and polymers.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 was awarded to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes "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"
Jul 11, 2007 · With his strikingly simple yet pioneering ideas, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes drew 'white lines in large strokes' that defined the physics of soft matter — liquid crystals, polymers,...
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May 18, 2007 · Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991. Born: 24 October 1932, Paris, France. Died: 18 May 2007, Orsay, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: Collège de France, Paris, France.
Feb 13, 2019 · Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was one of the leading physical scientists of his generation. Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1991, he made outstanding contributions to both solid state physics (mag...
Collège de France, Ecole de Physique et Chimie - Cited by 155,312 - Soft matter - physics - polymer physics - statistical physics
