Jean-Baptiste de Gennes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jean-Baptiste_de_Gennes
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Grand_Cross_of_the_Legion_of_Honour
gptkb:Harvey_Prize
gptkb:Lorentz_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Holweck_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-10-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:children gptkb:Claire_Wyart
gptkb:Emmanuel_de_Gennes
gptkb:François_de_Gennes
gptkbp:deathDate 2007-05-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Orsay
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:field condensed matter physics
physics
superconductivity
polymer physics
liquid crystals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean-Baptiste de Gennes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1991
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Scaling_Concepts_in_Polymer_Physics
gptkb:The_Physics_of_Liquid_Crystals
gptkbp:signature Jean-Baptiste_de_Gennes_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lucie_de_Gennes
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Collège_de_France
gptkb:École_supérieure_de_physique_et_de_chimie_industrielles_de_la_ville_de_Paris
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Académie_royale_de_chirurgie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6