CHF Polymers & People
FOR FURTHER READING
Fred W. Billmeyer. Synthetic Polymers: Building the Giant Molecule. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972.
J. Harry Du Bois. Plastics History USA. Boston: Cahners Books, 1972.
Paul J. Flory. Principles of Polymer Chemistry. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1953.
Robert Friedel. Pioneer Plastic: The Making and Selling of Celluloid. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Vernon Herbert; Attillo Bislo. Synthetic Rubber: A Project That Had to Succeed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Sylvia Katz. Plastics: Common Objects, Classic Designs. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984.
Morris Kaufman. The Chemistry and Industrial Production of Polyvinyl Chloride: The History of PVC. New York: Gordon & Breach, 1969.
Morris Kaufman. The First Century of Plastics: Celluloid and Its Sequel. London: The Plastics and Rubber Institute, 1963.
Morris Kaufman. Giant Molecules: The Technology of Plastics, Fibers and Rubber. London: Aldus Books, 1968.
Leo Mandelkern. An Introduction to Macromolecules. Second edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983.
Herman Mark. Giant Molecules. New York: Time-Life Books, 1966.
Herman Mark. "Polymer Chemistry in Europe and America--How It All Began." Journal of Chemical Education, 58 (1981), 527-534.
Carl S. Marvel. "The Development of Polymer Chemistry in America--The Early Days." Journal of Chemical Education, 58 (1981), 535-539.
Frank M. McMillan. The Chain Straighteners. London: Macmillan, 1979.
Herbert Morawetz. Polymers: The Origins and Growth of a Science. New York: John Wiley, 1985.
Peter J. T. Morris. Polymer Pioneers: A Popular History of the Science and Technology of Large Molecules. Philadelphia: Center for History of Chemistry, 1986.
Polymer Chemistry: A Teaching Package for Pre-College Teachers. Washington, D.C.: National Science Teachers Association, 1986. Available from NSTA at 1742 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009.
Raymond B. Seymour, ed. History of Polymer Science and Technology. New York/Basel: Marcel Dekker, 1982.
Raymond B. Seymour; Tai Cheng, eds. History of Polyolefins: The World's Most Widely Used Polymers. Dordrecht/Boston: D. Reidel, 1986.
John K. Smith. "The Ten-Year Invention: Neoprene and DuPont Research, 1930-1939." Technology and Culture, 26 (1985), 34-55.
John K. Smith; David A. Hounshell. "Wallace H. Carothers and Fundamental Research at Du Pont." Science, 229 (1985), 436-442.
G. Allan Stahl, ed. Polymer Science Overview: A Tribute to Herman Mark. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1981.
Hermann Staudinger. From Organic Chemistry to Macromolecules: A Scientific Autobiography Based on Original Papers. New York: John Wiley, 1970.
G. S. Whitby, ed. Synthetic Rubber. New York: John Wiley, 1954.
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