Introduction: Tools in Materials Research

Joseph Martin; Cyrus C.M. Mody

doi:10.1142/9789811207631_0001

Introduction: Tools in Materials Research

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The science of materials has contributed to changes in our civilization as pervasive as they are profound. The ways we travel, communicate, wage war, build buildings, dress, heal, play sports, read, listen to music, use energy, and care for the young, the old, and the vulnerable have all been shaped and reshaped by our knowledge and mastery of metals, semiconductors, organic and biocompatible materials, gels, plastics, polymers, plasmas, and other substances. But our large-scale historical understanding of materials research is still surprisingly flimsy. We might say of materials research, as common as it is, what Clifford Geertz said of common sense: “it lies so artlessly before our eyes it is almost impossible to see”….

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Between Making and Knowing
Subtitle of host publication	Tools in the History of Materials Research
Editors	Joseph Martin, Cyrus Mody
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Company
Pages	1-12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-120-764-8
ISBN (Print)	978-981-120-762-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0001
Publication status	Published - 2020

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