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A search for structure : selected essays on science, art, and history / Cyril Stanley Smith.
LIBRA Q171 .S618
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Cyril Stanley, 1903-1992.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Art.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 410 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1981]
- Contents:
- Grain shapes and other metallurgical applications of topology
- The discovery of carbon in steel
- Structure, substructure, and superstructure
- The interpretation of microstructures of metallic artifacts
- Matter versus materials
- The early history of casting, molds, and the science of solidification
- Porcelain and plutonism
- Art, technology, and science
- Metallurgical footnotes to the history of art
- Reflections on technology and the decorative arts in the nineteenth century
- On art, invention, and technology
- Some constructive corrodings
- A highly personal view of science and its history
- Structural hierarchy in science, art, and history.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Bibliography of the work of Cyril Stanley Smith:" pages [391]-399.
- OCLC:
- 7282134
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