P. G. de Gennes: described as "Issac Newton of our times" (Perspective published at Science on July 27, 2007)

Today morning (July 27, 2007), I read through Science published today. Among many interesting articles, I found the very interesting article about perspectives in the memory of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics and died this year. I was very impressed to his contributions to various research areas - superconductivity, granular materials, fracture mechanics, polymer chemistry, magnetism, cell mechanics, brain functions, and so on. His contributions have inspired many people in different research areas from mechanics to biology, and even to chemistry and physics. If you are interested in his life and contributions to various communities, then you may read the article published today (click here to link).