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Acta Metall Sin  1997, Vol. 33 Issue (2): 157-164    DOI:
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THE HISTORY OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
R. W. Cahn(Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy; University of Cambridge;Cambridge CB2 3QZ; UK)
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R. W. Cahn(Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy; University of Cambridge;Cambridge CB2 3QZ; UK). THE HISTORY OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. Acta Metall Sin, 1997, 33(2): 157-164.

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Abstract  The first half of the paper examines current ideas of what a historian of science should be and whether it is acceptable for someone trained as a scientist to write the hisotry of a science The second half looks more specifically at the problems of writing about the history of physical metallurgy or its descendant, materials science, and concludes with a brief sketch of what has been published in this field.
Key words:  history of physical metallurgy      history of materials science. historian of science (technology)     
Received:  18 February 1997     
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