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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. The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve back int...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cahn, R. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Coming of Materials Science both covers the discipline of materials science, and draws an impressionistic map of the present state of the subject. The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve back into the prehistory of materials science, examining the growth of such concepts as atoms, crystals and thermodynamics, and also examine the evolution of a number of neighbouring disciplines, to see what helpful parallels might emerge. The book contains numerous literature references. Many refer to the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (591 pages)
ISBN:9780080529424
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