Abstract
This article is based on a plenary address which Robert W. Cahn, Cambridge University, delivered at the International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM’99) hosted by the Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS) in Beijing, on June 14, 1999. A Version of this article is also being published in Materials Today, the quarterly magazine published by Elsevier for the European-MRS. A report of the IUMRS-ICAM’99 meeting will be published in a future issue of MRS Bulletin.
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