The Polymer Revolution
A Journey Through Polymer Science
$100.17
- Paperback
222 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2025
Summary
How were the polymers which have transformed our world created? How has our understanding of polymers changed since the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius coined the word ‘polymer’ in 1832? Who were the people who wrought the polymer revolution? This book answers these questions by presenting a compelling narrative that weaves together the history of polymer science, the development of new plastics and rubbers and biographies of the leading actors in this revolution.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782628279 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782628274 |
| Author: | Peter J.T. Morris |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Imprint: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 222 |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 152mm x 228mm |
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Peter J.T. Morris
Peter J. T. Morris is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Science Museum, London and University College London. He was formerly Keeper of Research Projects at the Science Museum, in charge of extensive chemistry collections. He was given the Edelstein Award by the American Chemical Society in 2006 and the Wheeler Award by the RSC Historical Group in 2013. Peter has studied the history of polymers for forty-five years, beginning with his doctoral thesis on the development of synthetic rubber by I. G. Farben (1982) and followed by Polymer Pioneers (1986), the forerunner of the current volume. He has also published The American Synthetic Research Program (1989), The Matter Factory: A History of the Chemistry Laboratory (2015) and most recently, with Peter Reed, Henry Enfield Roscoe (2024).
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