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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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
New York : Pergamon,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Pergamon materials series ;
v. 5. |
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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.