Structured fluids polymers colloids surfactants thomas a witten philip a pincus 9780199583829 books amazonca. Over the last thirty years the study of liquids containing polymers surfactants or colloidal particles has developed from a loose assembly of facts into a coherent discipline with substantial predictive power these liquids expand our conception of what condensed matter can do such structured fluid phenomena dominate the physical environment within living cells. Structured fluids polymers colloids surfactants by thomas witten one of the preeminent theorists in the field represents an important and valuable contribution that should help fill the gap soft condensed matter physics is the physics of materials around us materials that we can touch see and feel. Oxford university press 2004 science 216 pages 0 reviews over the last thirty years the study of liquids containing polymers surfactants or colloidal particles has developed from a loose