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Colm Durkan

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Ireland

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http://www.durkanlab.org/

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Science

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Richard Feynman
Stephen King
James Gleick
Isaac Asimov
Paul Davies

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Colm Durkan is the founder and head of the Applied Nanoscience and Nanoscale Engineering research group at the Nanoscience centre of the University of Cambridge. He is also a fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. He obtained his primary degree and PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin. After spending a postdoctoral stint at Konstanz University in Germany, he came to work in Cambridge in 1997 where he has been ever since. He has been a University lecturer with full tenure since July 2000 and a Reader in Nanoscale Engineering since October 2010. At the University he has developed and taught courses on nanotechnology, quantum mechanics and electronics. He was elected to a fellowship of the Institute of Physics in 2009 and the Institute of ...more

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Colm Durkan I have been giving courses on Nanotechnology and Quantum mechanics at the University of Cambridge for over 20 years and have always enjoyed communicat…moreI have been giving courses on Nanotechnology and Quantum mechanics at the University of Cambridge for over 20 years and have always enjoyed communicating science to a wider audience. I was inspired to write "Size really does matter - the nanotechnology revolution" as a popular science book to spread my enthusiasm to as many people as possible. I have tried to write it in as accessible a style as possible and hope that there is something to interest everyone!(less)

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	Electricity without the tears 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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