Will there be big new discoveries? Will old problems be solved?
I have finished my draft of, "An endless frontier" the last chapter of Condensed Matter Physics: A Very Short Introduction.
I aim to give a balanced perspective that is optimistic but realistic. Have I? Obviously, this is highly subjective.
I am interested in general feedback, particularly on whether your aunt or uncle or an eager undergraduate would find this interesting and engaging.
Besides your own research area :), are there particular topics that you think are ripe for exploration?
Perhaps, a cartoon about predicting the future. Maybe one of these two?
I found a typo in the paragraph talking about soft matter: "He identifies several defining characteristics of soft matter: structures at mesoscopic length scales (i.e. intermediate between the micro- and macro-scopic), universality, common experimental techniques, universality, and multi-disciplinarity (physics, chemistry, engineering, biology)"
ReplyDeleteYou repeat "universality" twice.
Really loved the chapter by the way!