LEADER 03710nam a2200349Ii 4500 001 991003220239707536 008 070806s2001 ne a sb 001 0 eng d 020 $a9780080426792 020 $a0080426794 035 $ab13650658-39ule_inst 040 $aBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Ingegneria Innovazione - Sez. Ingegneria Innovazione$beng 082 04$a620.11$222 100 1 $aCahn, Robert W.,$d1924-2007$052381 245 14$aThe coming of materials science$h[e-book] /$cby Robert W. Cahn 260 $aAmsterdam :$bNew York :$bPergamon$c2001 300 $axvii, 568 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm 440 0$aPergamon materials series ;$vv. 5 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes 505 0 $aIntroduction. The Emergence of Disciplines. Precursors of Materials Science. The Virtues of Subsidiarity. The Escape from Handwaving. Characterization. Functional Materials. The Polymer Revolution. Craft Turned into Science. Materials in Extreme States. Materials Chemistry and Biomimetics. Computer Simulation. The Management of Data. The Institutions and Literature of Materials Science. Epilogue. Name Index. Subject Index 520 $aThe 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 earliest key papers and books, while others are to sources, often books, offering a view of the present state of a topic. Early references are to the past but as the book continues, it brings the reader up to date with more recent sources. The author, Professor Robert Cahn FRS, has striven to be critical about the history of the discipline of materials science and to draw general conclusions about scientific practice from what he has discovered about the evolution of materials science. Further issues that the book highlights include: What is a scientific discipline? How do disciplines merge and differentiate? Can a discipline also be interdisciplinary? Is materials science a real discipline? A large range of themes is presented in the book and readers are invited to interact with the author if they reach alternative conclusions. This book is not just for reading and reference, but exists to stimulate thought and provoke discussion as well 533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bAmsterdam :$cElsevier Science & Technology,$d2007.$nMode of access: World Wide Web.$nSystem requirements: Web browser.$nTitle from title screen (viewed on Aug. 2, 2007).$nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions 650 0$aMaterials science 655 7$aElectronic books.$2local 776 1 $cOriginal$z0080426794$z9780080426792$w(DLC) 00065565$w(OCoLC)45493085 856 40$3Referex$uhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080426792$zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information 856 42$zPublisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00065565-d.html 856 41$zTable of contents only$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00065565-t.html 907 $a.b13650658$b03-03-22$c24-01-08 912 $a991003220239707536 996 $aComing of materials science$91213504 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale026$b24-01-08$cm$d@ $e-$feng$gne $h4$i0