Pierre-Zhil de wives

The book is devoted to scientific, pedagogical and social activities of one of the most noticeable personalities in the physics of the 20th century. The French physics-theoretic, the Nobel laureate Pierre-Zhil de Wife, most widely known for his condensed state physics. De wives was not only a gifted scientist, he showed outstanding abilities and in the organization of science, was an excellent lecturer, many of his scientific works became classical and translated into other languages ​​of the world.
The scientist traveled around the country with lectures for schoolchildren, was interested in visual arts, painted well, and in the last years of his life he mastered painting. The personal memories of the author and the nearest colleagues de wife, as well as a rich illustrative material give the book a special flavor.
For a wide range of readers interested in the history of science