Between Science and Industry: Institutions in the History of Materials Research

This volume, the third in a series of volumes covering the development and history of materials science, presents illuminating perspectives on material science institutions. Twenty chapters are organized into six comprehensive parts of which each cover a characteristic aspect or historical feature. True to the topic they write about, the contributors to this volume have varied backgrounds. Some are materials scientists and engineers, but others are historians, philosophers of science, sociologists, or even directors of institutions themselves. This comprehensive, unified collection is a valuable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, academics, policymakers and professionals who are actively interested in materials science and its development from the past to the future.

Part of A World Scientific Encyclopedia of the Development and History of Materials Science

• Between Making and Knowing: Tools in the History of Materials Research
• Between Nature and Society: Biographies of Materials