The history of physical metallurgy and of materials science

Jinshu Xuebao/Acta Metallurgica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Cahn, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Historian of science (technology); History of materials science; History of physical metallurgy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347801026     PISSN: 04121961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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