CiNii 図書 - The materials revolution : superconductors, new materials, and the Japanese challenge

Three concurrent technological revolutions are likely to dominate the last decade of the twentieth century and the opening years of the twenty-first. Those in information technology and in biotechnology have been extensively written about, but that in new materials has been relatively neglected. "The Materials Revolution" is a comprehensive survey of these new technologies and their impact upon the economy and society. The book brings together articles from both the mainstream press and from the more specialized journals on the latest breakthroughs in superconductors, successors to silicon, high-performance plastics, new kinds of fabric, optical fibres, materials innovation and substitution, seabed materials, the processing of materials in space and the coming era of nanotechnology. In his lengthy introduction Tom Forester outlines the main developments and warns that the West could find itself left behind by the commitment of the Japanese to pioneering and developing the uses of new materials which are likely to revolutionize our lives.

Part I The Superconductor Story
1 Superconductors! The Startling Breakthrough that Could Change our World Michael D. Lemonick with Thomas McCarroll, J. Madeleine Nash and Dennis Wyss
2. Are Superconductors Really that Super? Two Reports from The Economist' and The Boston Globe'
Part II Materials and Society
3. Materials, Year 2000 E.D.Hondros
4. Materials in History and Society Melvin Kranzberg and Cyril Stanley Smith
5. New Materials Technology in Japan Gene Gregory
6. Beyond the Era of Materials Eric D. Larson, Marc H. Ross and Robert H. Williams
Part III Materials and the Economy
7. Advanced Materials and the Economy Joel P. Clark and Merton C. Flemings
8. Ceramics Take on Tough Tasks Gordon Graff
9. What's Sexier and Speedier than Silicon? Gene Bylinsky
10. High Performance Plastics Gordon Graff
11. Optical Fibres: Where Light Outperforms Electrons Les C. Gunderson and Donald B. Keck
12. Skylines of Fabric Doug Stewart
Part IV Materials Innovation and Substitution
13. The Real Challenge in Materials Engineering Thomas W. Eagar
14. Innovation in Materials George F. Ray
15. How Critical are Critical Materials? Joel P. Clark and Frank R. Field III
16. Material Substitution: Lessons from Tin-Using Industries John E. Tilton
Part V New Frontiers in Materials
17. Looking to the Future in Ceramics W. David Kingery
18. Materials Processing in Space Peter Marsh
19. Seabed Materials James M. Broadus
20. The Coming Era of Nanotechnology K. Eric Drexler

巻冊次: pbk ISBN 9780631167013

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Three concurrent technological revolutions are likely to dominate the last decade of the twentieth century and the opening years of the twenty-first. Those in information technology and in biotechnology have been extensively written about, but that in new materials has been relatively neglected. "The Materials Revolution" is a comprehensive survey of these new technologies and their impact upon the economy and society. The book brings together articles from both the mainstream press and from the more specialized journals on the latest breakthroughs in superconductors, successors to silicon, high-performance plastics, new kinds of fabric, optical fibres, materials innovation and substitution, seabed materials, the processing of materials in space and the coming era of nanotechnology. In his lengthy introduction Tom Forester outlines the main developments and warns that the West could find itself left behind by the commitment of the Japanese to pioneering and developing the uses of new materials which are likely to revolutionize our lives.

I The Superconductor Story
1 Superconductors! The Startling Breakthrough that Could Change our World Michael D. Lemonick with Thomas McCarroll, J. Madeleine Nash and Dennis Wyss
2. Are Superconductors Really that Super? Two Reports from `The Economist' and `The Boston Globe'
Part II Materials and Society
3. Materials, Year 2000 E.D.Hondros
4. Materials in History and Society Melvin Kranzberg and Cyril Stanley Smith
5. New Materials Technology in Japan Gene Gregory
6. Beyond the Era of Materials Eric D. Larson, Marc H. Ross and Robert H. Williams
Part III Materials and the Economy
7. Advanced Materials and the Economy Joel P. Clark and Merton C. Flemings
8. Ceramics Take on Tough Tasks Gordon Graff
9. What's Sexier and Speedier than Silicon? Gene Bylinsky
10. High Performance Plastics Gordon Graff
11. Optical Fibres: Where Light Outperforms Electrons Les C. Gunderson and Donald B. Keck
12. Skylines of Fabric Doug Stewart
Part IV Materials Innovation and Substitution
13. The Real Challenge in Materials Engineering Thomas W. Eagar
14. Innovation in Materials George F. Ray
15. How Critical are Critical Materials? Joel P. Clark and Frank R. Field III
16. Material Substitution: Lessons from Tin-Using Industries John E. Tilton
Part V New Frontiers in Materials
17. Looking to the Future in Ceramics W. David Kingery
18. Materials Processing in Space Peter Marsh
19. Seabed Materials James M. Broadus
20. The Coming Era of Nanotechnology K. Eric Drexler

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