Condensed Matter Physics - Biology Resonance
arXiv:cond-mat/0001006 · doi:10.1142/S021797920000042X
Abstract
The field of condensed matter physics had its genesis this century and it has had a remarkable evolution. A closer look at its growth reveals a hidden aim in the collective consciousness of the field - a part of the development this century is a kind of warm up exercise to understand the nature of living condensed matter, namely the field of biology, by a growing new breed of scientists in the coming century. Through some examples the vitality of this interaction will be pointed out.
4 pages; Based on a talk given at the Annual Meeting of the Indian National Science Academy at Madras during 29-31 Dec 1998. (To appear in the International Journal of Modern Physics B)