Paul John Flory

Paul John Flory

Author: Gary D. Patterson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1466595779

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Paul John Flory: A Life of Science and Friends is the first full-length treatment of the life and work of Paul John Flory, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1974. It presents a chronological progression of his scientific, professional, and personal achievements as recounted and written by his former students and colleagues.This book cove


American Scientists

American Scientists

Author: Charles W. Carey

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1438108079

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Profiles more than 200 American men and women who made significant contributions to science during the twentieth century.


Polymer Science from 1935-1953

Polymer Science from 1935-1953

Author: Gary Patterson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 3662435365

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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 detail is presented to gain an appreciation for the role played by each leader, the emphasis of this volume is on the key concepts associated with each individual and how the community embraced these leaders.


Encyclopedia of World Scientists

Encyclopedia of World Scientists

Author: Elizabeth H. Oakes

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 869

ISBN-13: 1438118821

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Contains short biographies of almost 1,000 scientists from around the world who made great contributions to science throughout history.


The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program

The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program

Author: Peter J. T. Morris

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 151281816X

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This history of the government-funded synthetic rubber research program (1942-1956) offers a rare analysis of a cooperative research program geared to the improvement of existing products and the creation of new ones. The founders of the program believed the best way to further research in the new field was through collaboration among corporations, universities, and the federal government. Morris concludes that, in fact, the effort was ultimately a failure and that vigorous competition proves the best way to stimulate innovation. Government programs, like the rubber research program, are far better at improving existing products, the author contends, than creating wholly new ones.


Polymer Pioneers

Polymer Pioneers

Author: Peter J. Morris

Publisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation

Published: 2005-06

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780941901031

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Accompanied by an introductory overview of the history of polymer science, this book contains biographical sketches of 12 pioneers, from Marcellin Berthollet and John Wesley Hyatt to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta. It also includes time charts before each chapter that summarise significant events.


Getting It Right in Science and Medicine

Getting It Right in Science and Medicine

Author: Hans R. Kricheldorf

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3319303880

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This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an ‘innate self-healing mechanism’): errors are committed, being checked over and over again, through which finally new findings and knowledge can arise. New ideas are often first confronted with refusal. This is so not only in real life, but also in scientific and medical research. The author outlines in this book how great ideas had to ripen over time before winning recognition and being accepted. The book showcases in an entertaining way, but without schadenfreude, that even some of the most famous discoverers may appear in completely different light, when regarding errors they have committed in their work. This book is divided into two parts. The first part creates a fundament for the discussion and understanding by introducing important concepts, terms and definitions, such as (natural) sciences and scientific research, laws of nature, paradigm shift, and progress (in science). It compares natural sciences with other scientific disciplines, such as historical research or sociology, and examines the question if scientific research can generate knowledge of permanent validity. The second part contains a collection of famous fallacies and errors from medicine, biology, chemistry, physics and geology, and how they were corrected. Readers will be astonished and intrigued what meanders had to be explored in some cases before scientists realized facts, which are today’s standard and state-of-the-art of science and technology. This is an entertaining and amusing, but also highly informative book not only for scientists and specialists, but for everybody interested in science, research, their progress, and their history!