Smart Structures: Blurring the Distinction Between the Living and the Nonliving: 65 (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials) - Hardcover
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Artificial smart structures are designed to mimic biological structures to a smaller or larger extent. This book gives a comprehensive account of how this can be done.
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About the Author
Dr Vinod Kumar Wadhawan
Solid State Physics Division
Raja Ramanna Fellow
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Mumbai
India
M.Sc. (1967)
Ph.D. (1976)
1979-80 Nuffield Foundation Travelling Fellow, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, U. K.
1985- Regional Editor for Asia, Phase Transitions (Taylor & Francis, U. K.).
1999-2004 Head, Laser Materials Division, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore.
2000 Recipient of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal.
2005-2008 Raja Ramanna Fellow, BARC, Mumbai.
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