Tears of the Tree - The Story of Rubber - A Modern Marvel

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.

Table des matières

• 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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Loadman, John (Head of Materials Characterization Loadman, John (Head of Materials Characterization (Retired) Loadman, Loadman John
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9780198705000
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870500-0
• Pages: 374
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Technique chimique; popular science, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, History of Science, Materials science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, Rubber technology