The Materials revolution: superconductors, new materials, and the Japanese challenge

Abstract

I The Superconductor Story 1 Superconductors! The Startling Breakthrough that Could Change our World Michael D. Lemonick with Thomas McCarroll, J. Madeleine Nash and Dennis Wyss 2. Are Superconductors Really that Super? Two Reports from `The Economist' and `The Boston Globe' Part II Materials and Society 3. Materials, Year 2000 E.D.Hondros 4. Materials in History and Society Melvin Kranzberg and Cyril Stanley Smith 5. New Materials Technology in Japan Gene Gregory 6. Beyond the Era of Materials Eric D. Larson, Marc H. Ross and Robert H. Williams Part III Materials and the Economy 7. Advanced Materials and the Economy Joel P. Clark and Merton C. Flemings 8. Ceramics Take on Tough Tasks Gordon Graff 9. What's Sexier and Speedier than Silicon? Gene Bylinsky 10. High Performance Plastics Gordon Graff 11. Optical Fibres: Where Light Outperforms Electrons Les C. Gunderson and Donald B. Keck 12. Skylines of Fabric Doug Stewart Part IV Materials Innovation and Substitution 13. The Real Challenge in Materials Engineering Thomas W. Eagar 14. Innovation in Materials George F. Ray 15. How Critical are Critical Materials? Joel P. Clark and Frank R. Field III 16. Material Substitution: Lessons from Tin-Using Industries John E. Tilton Part V New Frontiers in Materials 17. Looking to the Future in Ceramics W. David Kingery 18. Materials Processing in Space Peter Marsh 19. Seabed Materials James M. Broadus 20. The Coming Era of Nanotechnology K. Eric Drexler