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THIS book is rather unique in character and is a result of the rapid expansion of knowledge in one field of science during a period of very considerable transition (1942–46). In effect, it is a bound volume of abstracts. Since 1942 Interscience Publishers have issued a loose-leaf form of abstracts known as Rubbers, Resins and Plastics covering both the scientific and, to some extent, the technological aspects of the subject. These abstracts are of particular value to the worker in high polymers generally for two reasons : (a) they are much more extensive than those found in any issued form of chemical abstracts and include numerical results in considerable detail ; (b) they cover a wider field than is normally found in chemical abstracts, picking out material from journals not normally read or accessible to those interested primarily in this science of high polymers. No doubt the success of these abstracts and the difficulty of obtaining back numbers have prompted the publishers to re-issue them in a much more convenient form. Thus the abstracts have been collected into systematic groups, so that the book takes on the character of a reference or source book of knowledge on these several topics.
The Science of Plastics. A Comprehensive Source Book based on the Original Literature for 1942–1946
H. Mark E. S. Proskauer, with the collaboration of P. M. Doty, V. J. Frilette and B. H. Zimm. Vol. 1. Pp. vii+632. (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1948.) 54s.
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MELVILLE, H. The Science of Plastics. Nature 163, 384–385 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163384b0
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