| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes  Born: 24-Oct-1932
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 18-May-2007
Location of death: Orsay, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: France
Executive summary: Molecular structure of polymers Military service: French Navy Wife: (three children)
University: École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (1955)
Professor: Orsay Liquid Crystals Group, University of Paris (1961-71)
Professor: Collège de France (1971-)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1991
Wolf Prize in Physics 1990 (with David J. Thouless)
Matteucci Medal 1987
Royal Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Les palmes de M. Schutz (9-Apr-1997)
Author of books:
The Physics of Liquid Crystals (1974)
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