Inventing Polymer Science : Staudinger, Carothers, and the Emergence of Macromolecular Chemistry /

It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of polymer science to life in the twentieth century. Developments in polymer chemistry and engineering have led not only to the creation of a variety of substances such as synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber, and plastic but also to discoveries abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Furukawa, Yasu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:Chemical Sciences in Society
Subjects:
Staudinger, Hermann, > 1881-1965.
Carothers, Wallace Hume, > 1896-1937.
Polymers > History.
Polymerization > History.
Macromolecules > History.
Polymères > Histoire.
Polymérisation > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Inorganic.
Macromolecules.
Polymerization.
Polymers.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Background, 1800-1920
  • 2. Staudinger and the Macromolecule
  • 3. Carothers and the Art of Macromolecular Synthesis
  • 4. Triumph and Struggles of Two Giants
  • 5. Restoration of the Physicalist Approach
  • 6. The Legacy of Staudinger and Carothers
  • Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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