John Loadman

Tears of the Tree

The Story of Rubber--A Modern Marvel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique book tells the fascinating story of four thousand years of rubber as seen through the lives of the adventurers and scientists who promoted it, lusted after it, and eventually tamed it into the ubiquitous, yet crucial material of our lives today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780198705000
• ISBN-10: 019870500X
• Artikelnr.: 40029050

Autorenporträt

John Loadman began his working career as an analytical chemist with the Natural Rubber Producers' Research Association (now Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre or TARRC, Hertford, UK) in 1967, having obtained a Master's degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Durham. He continued in that area of work through to retirement in 1999, having reached the position of Head of the Materials Characterization Group.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Mesoamericans and the 'all-American ball game'
2: Europe goes west
3: What's in a name?
4: The battles of the giants - Charles Goodyear
5: The battles of the giants - Thomas Hancock
6: Rubber goes east
7: The King and the Congo
8: Slaves to rubber
9: Competition!
10: The heavy mob
11: Chemicals and curatives
12: Padding or performance enhancer?
13: The rot sets in
14: Death and destruction
15: Timeline

Rezensionen

The story is told in interesting detail. Robert W. Cahn, Nature