Tematika: Ostalo
ISBN: 0140237496
Godina izdanja: 1900 - 1949.
Jezik: Engleski
Kulturno dobro: Predmet koji prodajem nije kulturno dobro ili ovlašćena institucija odbija pravo preče kupovine
Autor: Strani

James Stokley - Science Remakes Our World
Ives Washburn, New York, 1944
298 str.
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stanje: dobro
No Jacket. Issue 682 of Armed Services editions.

In this book it is the author`s aim to tell the story of a few of the more important scientific developments of our day. Obviously it will be necessary to omit much that might have been included; but it is hoped that these chapters will give the reader some idea of typical ways by which, in its many branches, science is remaking our world. Physicists, chemists, biologists, psychologists, men and women in all branches of science have taken part, though perhaps the best-known scientific dis coverers of the past few years have been concerned with chemistry. So, before we start on our explorations, let us get acquainted with some of the Chemist`s tools.
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Asurvey of new frontiers, as governmental, industrial and educational laboratories collaborate to further knowledge and advance progress. It covers chemistry explosives, fuel, plastics, fabrics, rubber, vitamins, metals, glass, electrons, radio, television, film, sound, atoms and power, shows what the farm contributes to science, what science has contributed to cures. It outlines research programs, present and future, indicates lines of development, it underlines how war-inspired developments will have important applications in future times of peace, it stresses limitations and lacks and what is being done to supplement depleted stores of raw materials. Enlightening -- and in view of many books along similar lines, this seems to present a panoramic view of the entire field.
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Contents
I. New Frontiers
II. Explosives in Peace and War
III. Fuel for Tomorrow
IV. The Realm of Plastics
V. Chemical Clothes
VI. Rubber from Tree and Test Tube
VII. Chemistry and the Farmer
VIII. Chemicals for Cures
IX. Vitamins
X. New Metals
XI. Mining the Ocean
XII. The Magic of Glass
XIII. Higher, Faster, Farther...
XIV. The Age of Electrons
XV. Radio Today and Tomorrow
XVL. Light and Light Sources
XVII. Pictures of the Future
XVIII. New Sounds in the Theater
XIX. Into the Atom
XX. New Sources of Power
Appendix: Rubber and Its Relatives
Index


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