Solid State Physics. Advances in Research and Applications. Volume 47
Contributors: David Turnbull (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 21, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780126077476
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Materials science; Solid State Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - General; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Science / Chemistry / General
First sentence: When David Turnbull started his work on the undercooling of metallic melts in the late 1940s, one of his most distinguished colleagues at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, New York, was greatly skeptical about the likelihood of success-and not without reason.