2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25358This article was written for a multi-volume History of Science, and published in Italian translation: Storia della Scienza, Volume IX, La Grande Scienza, pp 645-656 (published by Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2003). In it, I describe the evolution of soft matter physics as a discipline during the 20th century.Soft Condensed MatterStatistical Mechanicstext