2009/04/17 by Deepak Dhar, Dhar, Deepak
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies #Material Selection and Properties #Nanotechnology research and applications #physics.pop-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0904.2664
5 pages, eps figures, written version of a public lecture given at Mumbai on Feb 28, 2009
arxiv created 2009/04/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
This is a written version of a popular science talk for school children given on India's National Science Day 2009 at Mumbai. I discuss what distinguishes solids, liquids and gases from each other. I discuss briefly granular matter that in some ways behave like solids, and in other ways like liquids.