The coming of materials science /

The Coming of Materials Science both covers the discipline of materials science, and draws an impressionistic map of the present state of the subject. <P>The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cahn, R. W. (Robert W.), 1924-2007
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : New York : Pergamon, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Pergamon materials series ; v. 5.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. The Emergence of Disciplines
  • Ch. 3. Precursors of Materials Science
  • Ch. 4. The Virtues of Subsidiarity
  • Ch. 5. The Escape from Handwaving
  • Ch. 6. Characterization
  • Ch. 7. Functional Materials
  • Ch. 8. The Polymer Revolution
  • Ch. 9. Craft Turned into Science
  • Ch. 10. Materials in Extreme States
  • Ch. 11. Materials Chemistry and Biomimetics
  • Ch. 12. Computer Simulation
  • Ch. 13. The Management of Data
  • Ch. 14. The Institutions and Literature of Materials Science
  • Ch. 15. Epilogue.