3. Carothers and the Art of Macromolecular Synthesis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Background, 1800-1920 10
6. 2. Staudinger and the Macromolecule 48
7. 3. Carothers and the Art of Macromolecular Synthesis 93
8. 4. Triumph and Struggles of Two Giants 145
9. 5. Restoration of the Physicalist Approach 176
10. 6. The Legacy of Staudinger and Carothers 193
11. Appendix 215
12. Abbreviations 223
13. Notes 227
14. Bibliography 267
15. Index 295