Author:
Mitov, Michel.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Descriptionxvi, 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:Matter, are you there? -- Sensitive matter, divine matter? -- Let us praise sensitivity, a unifying virtue -- Conciliation : the art of resolving conflicts -- Peacemaking among enemies--easy when a mediator is involved -- Dissolving fat in water : a question of organization -- Don't mix, associate! -- Revelation : the little additive that changes everything -- Rubber : a story nearly cut short -- The firefighter's jet stream : reach for the sky -- The glamorous affair of gas and liquid -- Down with foam! -- Breathing : an unseen triumph -- Familiarity and distance : colloids -- Sensitive cooking -- Adaptation : responding to the environment -- A cell, though not a prison -- Putting drug delivery on controlled release -- Perpetual sensitivity : granular matter -- Liquefaction of the "blood" of St. Januarius.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
