Giant Molecules: Here, There, and Everywhere

by Alexei R. Khoklov, Alexei R. Khokhlov, Alexander Grosberg

Book Overview

This volume provides a look at the world of polymers, describing the roles they play in our everyday lives and the physics behind them. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that provides a graphic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123041309
• ISBN13: 9780123041302
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This book explains things.

I am a physics professor working on semiconductor materials. Polymer is not my area, but they always attracts me a lot. I can't believe this great book hasn't been reviewed yet. Yes, it is written by two Russian scientists. But who said Russians can only write rigorous math books? This book is not a monograph but for everyone interested in polymer physics, material or popular science. It explains a lot of phenomena in a clear, consise and humours language. There is a little math, not hard at all. Freshmen level calculus would be sufficient to understand the book. In fact, all through the book, the authors were showing the interactions between different factors. These factors are the reason that polymers have so many tantalizing and sometimes contradicting properties. To explain those, math is necessary. The movies included in the accompanied CD are great, think about how much work is put on making them!