'Materials: Research, Development and Applications': 'Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liege, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XV'

The theme of materials in the history of technology has never been as well researched as other more popular areas like energy, production technology or transport and communication. The present collection of papers originating from the symposium on Materials: Science, Technology and Early Applications in conjunction with the 20th International History of Science Congress in Liege, 1997, make a contribution to remedying this unsatisfactory situation. They concentrate on the 19th and 20th centuries…