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New Materials : Towards a History of Consistency /

"This edited volume gathers eight cases of industrial materials development, broadly conceived, from North America, Europe and Asia over the last 200 years. Whether given utility as building parts, fabrics, pharmaceuticals, or foodstuffs, whether seen by their proponents as human-made or "...

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Autores principales: Hayton, Darin (Autor), Wasiak, Patryk (Autor), Torero, Jose L. (Autor), Senaga, Karen (Autor), Saraiva, Tiago (Autor), Ruiz, Rafico (Autor), Mukharji, Projit Bihari (Autor), Ku, Sharon Tsia-hsuan (Autor), Knowles, Scott Gabriel (Autor)
Otros Autores: Slaton, Amy E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : Lever Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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