The Versatile Soliton

An Early History of the Soliton.- A Century and a Half Ago.- The Great Solitary Wave of John Scott Russell.- Relatives of the Soliton.- Nonlinear Oscillations and Waves.- A Portrait of the Pendulum.- From Pendulum to Waves and Solitons.- The Present and Future of the Soliton.- Frenkel's Solitons.- Rebirth of the Soliton.- Modern Solitons.