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Materials Research

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Exhibit
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Secondary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://hrst.mit.edu/hrs/materials/public/

Author: 
Dibner Institute
Excerpt: 

We would like to gather important facts including what happened in the last decades, years, or even weeks. In addition, we want to provide interpretations - yours and ours. In the spirit of stimulating discussions, we will juxtapose different accounts of the same episode. You may decide that only one is right - you might find several accounts possible. Compare for example the following two brief explanations of the origin of the modern discipline of materials science and engineering:

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