BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

Materials science institutions have always been crucial to the development of materials research. Even before materials science emerged as a discipline in the 20th century, these institutions existed in various forms. They provided specialized facilities for research, educated new generations of researchers, drafted policies and funded programs, enabled valuable connections between research groups, or played any other role which were needed to further the progress of materials science.

This volume, the third in a series of volumes covering the development and history of materials science, presents illuminating perspectives on material science institutions. Twenty chapters are organized into six comprehensive parts of which each cover a characteristic aspect or historical feature. True to the topic they write about, the contributors to this volume have varied backgrounds. Some are materials scientists and engineers, but others are historians, philosophers of science, sociologists, or even directors of institutions themselves. This comprehensive, unified collection is a valuable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, academics, policymakers and professionals who are actively interested in materials science and its development from the past to the future.

Contents:

• About the Contributors
• Introduction: Materials Science Institutions (Robert P Crease)
• Historical Evolution and Disciplinary Formation:
  • Institutions and Technology in Materials Research (Thomas Kaiserfeld)
  • From Materials Research to Materials Science: Disciplinary and Institutional Developments (Klaus Hentschel)
  • Institutional Development of the Organizational Field of Synchrotron Radiation Facilities in Europe (Olof Hallonsten and Thomas Heinze)
• How Sources Evolve: Neutron Synchrotron, and Spallation:
  • Three Generations of Institutions of Neutron Sources (Thomas Kaiserfeld)
  • Interplay of Actors and Institutions in the Campaign to Localize ESS to Lund (Olof Hallonsten)
  • Brief History of Synchrotron Radiation Sources in Brazil (Liu Lin)
• How Laboratories Evolve: Industrial, National, and Individual:
  • The Age of Industrial Laboratories (Joseph D Martin)
  • The Age of the National Laboratories: The Advent of the New Big Science (Catherine Westfall)
  • Becoming Materials Science? Turning Points in the History of Materials Science at the ESRF, 1994–2020 (Katharina C Cramer)
• University Centers, Professional Societies, Publications, and Conferences:
  • Government Funding of University Materials Science and Engineering Research Centers (Brit Shields)
  • History and Sociology of MSE Professional Societies and Associations (Linn W Hobbs)
  • Materials Science Journals and Journals That Publish Materials Science (Daniel Ucko)
  • History of the Brazilian MRS Meetings (Guillermo Solòrzano)
• Regional Networks:
  • Building the Blocks of Sciences for Materials: Materials Science Institutions in Japan from a Historical Perspective (Hiroto Kono)
  • The Rise of Materials Science in China: Historical Aspects of Educational and Research Institutions (Wei Qian)
  • The Development of Materials Research Institutions in Africa (Wole Soboyejo, Samuel Chigome and Iwnetim Abate)
  • The Roots of Materials Science in Argentina: Jorge A Sabato's Multifaceted Metallurgy Project (Armando Fernández Guillermet)
• Institutions of Institutions:
  • The Origin and Early Days of Material Research in Metrology Laboratories (Terry Quinn)
  • CERN: A Global Hub for Materials Science (Panagiotis Charitos, Paul Lecoq, Michael Moll, Cristoforo Benvenuti and Luca Bottura)
  • Will Small Be Beautiful? Making Policies for Our Nanotech Future (W Patrick McCray)
• Index

Readership: Students in Materials Science, chemistry, history, philosophy of science. Materials scientists, chemical engineers, chemists, cultural history, global history, policy planners, regulators, political scientists.

Key Features:

• The only comprehensive volume in its field about institutions of materials science
• Relevant even for a general layperson interested just in the sciences
• Brings together prominent materials scientists, historians, philosophers and other scholars into a unified interdisciplinary volume, providing a diverse perspective on institutions of materials science
• Chapters are independent of each other, allowing readers to pick relevant articles and still gain valuable knowledge
• Parts are well-organized and carefully curated, offering a logical narrative throughout the volume