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Polymer science is now an active and thriving community of scientists, engineers and technologists, but there was a time, not so long ago, when there was no such community. The prehistory of polymer science helps to provide key insights into current issues and historical problems. The story will be divided into an ancient period ( from Greek times to the creation of the molecular consensus), a nascent period (from Dalton to Kekule to van't Hoff) and a period of paradigm formation and controversy (from Staudinger to Mark to Carothers). The prehistory concludes with an account of the epochal 1935 Discussion of the Faraday Society on "Polymerization". After this meeting an active community engaged in trying to solve the central problems defined by the discussions. |
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 Web-based Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
In an age where online universities and distance learning courses exist side by side with traditional
classroom learning, the development, design, use and challenges of creating web-based learning systems
that promote learning in students, whether over a distance or within a university proper, is increasingly
complex and often... | | Implementing CIFS: The Common Internet File System"The book that Microsoft should have written, but didn't."
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The... | | Tools and Environments for Parallel and Distributed ComputingToday's most complete reference on the rapidly evolving software technology used in parallel and distributed computing
Designing, developing, and utilizing the kinds of versatile computing environments that will effectively support today's complex scientific and engineering applications is an ongoing research challenge. Tools... |
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