Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Born: October 24, 1932
Died: May 18, 2007 (aged 74)
Bio: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Known for:
- The physics of liquid crystals (1974)
- Superconductivity of metals and alloys (1966)
- Simple views on condensed matter (1992)
- Fragile objects (1996)
- Introduction to polymer dynamics (1990)