Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Overview
  • 2 How Do Complex Phenomena Emerge from Simple Ingredients?
  • 3 How Will the Energy Demands of Future Generations Be Met?
  • 4 What Is the Physics of Life?
  • 5 What Happens Far from Equilibrium and Why?
  • 6 What New Discoveries Await Us in the Nanoworld?
  • 7 How Will the Information Technology Revolution Be Extended?
  • 8 The Impact of Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics Research
  • 9 Industrial Laboratories and Research in Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
  • 10 Structure and Level of the Current Research Effort11 Tools, Instrumentation, and Facilities for Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics Research
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Statement of Task
  • Appendix B: Agendas of Committee Meetings
  • Appendix C: Agenda and Participants at Facilities Workshop
  • Appendix D: Biographies of Committee Members