Polymer Science from 1935-1953 Consolidating the Paradigm /

• Main Author: Patterson, Gary (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Physics.; Materials science.; Polymer Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Materials Science, general.

This sequel to A Prehistory of Polymer Science begins with the Faraday Discussion of 1935 on Polymerization. Patterson then examines the remarkable rise and establishment of polymer science after 1935 from the perspective of the emergence of strong intellectual leaders. While enough biographical det...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Flory and Friends
• Herman Mark and Friends
• Speed Marvel and Friends
• Other Emerging Leaders
• Hermann Staudinger and the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1953
• Concluding Reflections and Further Thoughts.