title: From 50 Years Ago, the Birth of Modern Liquid-State Science.
abstract: The story told in this autobiographical perspective begins 50 years ago, at the 1967 Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Liquids. It traces developments in liquid-state science from that time, including contributions from the author, and especially in the study of liquid water. It emphasizes the importance of fluctuations and the challenges of far-from-equilibrium phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720; email: chandler@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chandler
mesh_terms: D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history; D003460:Crystallization; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D044367:Phase Transition; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: correlation functions; crystals; equilibrium; fluctuations; glasses; liquids; nonequilibrium; transitions