Pubblichiamo qui l'articolo scritto da Luciano Pietronero, ripreso nella copertina di europhysicsnews n. 39/6  2008 , alleghiamo l'articolo come allegato pdf e la prima parte del testo originale.

This field of physics was originally identified as Solid State Physics. Later P.W. Anderson coined the term Condensed Matter Physics and more recently it has merged with Statistical Physics to lead to the Physics of Complex Systems.