Primed for Success: The Story of Scientific Design Company How Chemical Engineers Created the Petrochemical Industry /

• Main Author: Spitz, Peter H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Chemical engineering.; Leadership.; Chemistry-History.; Chemistry.; Technology-History.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; History of Chemistry.; Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials.; History of Technology.

This is the remarkable story of an entrepreneurial firm that helped to create the petrochemical industry as we know it today. The author also highlights the important role chemical engineers played in developing and commercializing new technologies based on the conversion of hydrocarbons into petroc...