From fifty years ago, the birth of modern liquid-state science
David Chandler
TL;DR
This paper reviews fifty years of progress in liquid-state science, highlighting key developments, especially in liquid water, fluctuations, and far-from-equilibrium phenomena, from an autobiographical perspective.
Contribution
It provides a personal historical account of major advances in liquid-state science over fifty years, emphasizing the role of fluctuations and non-equilibrium processes.
Findings
Advances in understanding liquid water's properties
Recognition of fluctuations' importance in liquids
Challenges in studying far-from-equilibrium phenomena
Abstract
The story told in this autobiographical perspective begins fifty years ago at the 1967 Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Liquids. It traces developments in liquid-state science from that time, including contributions from the author, and especially in the study of liquid water. It emphasizes the importance of fluctuations, and the challenges of far-from-equilibrium phenomena.
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