CHApter 2 An evolutionary perspective
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must still be bridged before we can safely benefit from these new
nanotechnologies.
furtHer reAdiNg
the History and evolution of Materials
C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, T. I. Williams, and G. Hollister-Short
(eds.), A history of technology (21 volumes), Oxford University Press,
1954–2001, ISSN 0307-5451. (A compilation of essays on aspects of technology, including materials.)
J. Delmonte, Origins of materials and processes, Technomic Publishing
Co., 1985, ISBN 87762-420-8. (A compendium of information about materials in engineering, documenting the history.)
R. F. Tylecoate, A history of metallurgy, 2nd ed., The Institute of Materials,
1992, ISBN 0-904357-066. (A total-immersion course in the history of the
extraction and use of metals from 6000 BC to 1976 AD, told by an author
with forensic talent and love of detail.)
www.tangram.co.uk.TL-Polymer_Plastics_Timeline.html/. (A Website devoted to the long and full history of plastics.)
Nanomaterials and Nanostructures in Nature
Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, The life and death of planet earth:
How the new science of astrobiology charts the ultimate fate of our
world, Times Book Publisher, 2003.
R. Freitas Jr., in Nanomedicine, Volume I: Basic Capabilities, Landes Bioscience, 1999.
P. Ball, Designing the molecular world: Chemistry at the frontier, Princeton University Press, 1994.
Janine Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature, Perennial
(HarperCollins) Publishers, 1998.
Himadri S. Gupta, Jong Seto, Wolfgang Wagermaier, Paul Zaslansky,
Peter Boesecke, and Peter Fratzi, Cooperative deformation of mineral
and collagen in bone at the nanoscale, PNAS, 103, pp. 17741–17746,
2006.
Tobin L. Hieronymus, Lawrence M. Witmer, and Ryan C. Ridgely, Structure of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) horn investigated by
X-ray computed tomography and histology with implications for
growth and external form, Journal of Morphology, 267:1172–1176
2006.
Yao et al., Organic inorganic interfaces and spiral growth in nacre, Journal
of the Royal Society Interface, 2008 (in press).
Nanomaterials in Art and Cultural Heritage
P. Baglioni and Rodorico Giorgi, Soft and hard nanomaterials for restoration and conservation of cultural heritage, first published as an advance
article on the Web, Feb. 10, 2006.
DOI: 10.1039/b516442g, RSG, Soft Matter, 2, 293–303, The Royal Society
of Chemistry, 2006.
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must still be bridged before we can safely benefit from these new
nanotechnologies.
furtHer reAdiNg
the History and evolution of Materials
C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, T. I. Williams, and G. Hollister-Short
(eds.), A history of technology (21 volumes), Oxford University Press,
1954–2001, ISSN 0307-5451. (A compilation of essays on aspects of technology, including materials.)
J. Delmonte, Origins of materials and processes, Technomic Publishing
Co., 1985, ISBN 87762-420-8. (A compendium of information about materials in engineering, documenting the history.)
R. F. Tylecoate, A history of metallurgy, 2nd ed., The Institute of Materials,
1992, ISBN 0-904357-066. (A total-immersion course in the history of the
extraction and use of metals from 6000 BC to 1976 AD, told by an author
with forensic talent and love of detail.)
www.tangram.co.uk.TL-Polymer_Plastics_Timeline.html/. (A Website devoted to the long and full history of plastics.)
Nanomaterials and Nanostructures in Nature
Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, The life and death of planet earth:
How the new science of astrobiology charts the ultimate fate of our
world, Times Book Publisher, 2003.
R. Freitas Jr., in Nanomedicine, Volume I: Basic Capabilities, Landes Bioscience, 1999.
P. Ball, Designing the molecular world: Chemistry at the frontier, Princeton University Press, 1994.
Janine Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature, Perennial
(HarperCollins) Publishers, 1998.
Himadri S. Gupta, Jong Seto, Wolfgang Wagermaier, Paul Zaslansky,
Peter Boesecke, and Peter Fratzi, Cooperative deformation of mineral
and collagen in bone at the nanoscale, PNAS, 103, pp. 17741–17746,
2006.
Tobin L. Hieronymus, Lawrence M. Witmer, and Ryan C. Ridgely, Structure of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) horn investigated by
X-ray computed tomography and histology with implications for
growth and external form, Journal of Morphology, 267:1172–1176
2006.
Yao et al., Organic inorganic interfaces and spiral growth in nacre, Journal
of the Royal Society Interface, 2008 (in press).
Nanomaterials in Art and Cultural Heritage
P. Baglioni and Rodorico Giorgi, Soft and hard nanomaterials for restoration and conservation of cultural heritage, first published as an advance
article on the Web, Feb. 10, 2006.
DOI: 10.1039/b516442g, RSG, Soft Matter, 2, 293–303, The Royal Society
of Chemistry, 2006.