The history, scope and nature of materials science and engineering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering.

Series:

Materials and man's needs: materials science and engineering ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials.

Materials--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""MATERIALS AND MAN'S NEEDS""; ""PREFACE""; ""MATERIALS AND MAN'S NEEDS""; ""Contents""; ""CHAPTER 1 MATERIALS AND SOCIETY ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""IMPORTANCE OF MATERIALS TO MAN""; ""MATERIALS IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN AND IN PREHISTORY""; ""BRONZE AND IRON AGES""; ""MATERIALS IN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION""; ""MEDIEVAL MATERIALS""; ""THE START OF A SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY BASED ON CHEMISTRY""; ""THE NEW SCIENCE OF MATERIALS BASED ON STRUCTURE""; ""THE NEW SCIENCE OF MATERIALS AND ITS RELATION TO PHYSICS""; ""ENGINEERING ATTITUDES TOWARD MATERIALS IN THE 19TH CENTURY""

""THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY""""RECOGNITION OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AS A COHERENT FIELD""; ""GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF MATERIALS RESEARCH""; ""PERSPECTIVES ON MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""CHAPTER 2 THE CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS SCENE ""; ""THE NATURE OF MATERIALS""; ""THE NATURE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""MATERIALS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY""; ""THE MATERIALS CYCLE AND THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""INNOVATION IN THE MATERIALS FIELD""; ""The Materials Revolution""; ""The Systems Approach""

""Science-Intensive and Experience-Based Technologies""""Pace of Innovation""; ""Disciplinary to Interdisciplinary""; ""MATERIALS IN A CHANGING CONTEXT""; ""Changing National Priorities""; ""Materials Resources""; ""Energy, Environment""; ""The U.S. Trade Balance""; ""Technology Assessment""; ""The Federal Approach to Materials""; ""NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY""; ""Manpower""; ""Trends in Basic and Applied Research""; ""Government Support of Materials Science and Engineering""; ""Universities""; ""Industrial Research and Development""

""OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""""APPENDIX 2A PROFILE OF MANPOWER IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""Method of Analysis""; ""The Engineers Register""; ""The Science Register""; ""Total Number of Materials Scientists and Engineers""; ""ATTACHMENT 2A.1 Specialty Areas in the 1969 National Engineers Register with MSE Score Greater Than 45""; ""ATTACHMENT 2A.2 Specialty Areas in the 1968 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel...""; ""CHAPTER 3 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AS A MULTIDISCIPLINE ""

""MATERIALS, THE MATERIALS CYCLE, AND THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""""INNOVATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""CHANGING CHARACTER OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY""; ""Science-Intensive and Experience-Based Technologies""; ""Relative Pace of Innovation""; ""Disciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, and Multidisciplinarity""; ""DEFINITION OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""SOME ASPECTS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""Materials""; ""Disciplines""; ""Activities and Style""; ""Relevance""; ""ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""

""Some Past Achievements""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

726822989