Ndiaye, Pap (Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition Details: Translated by Elborg Forster
Physical Details: 289 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description On DuPont's role in the development of both nylon and plutonium and the relationship of those technologies to 20th-century American culture.
Review Hughes, Jeff (2008) Review of "Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 443).
Review Roberts, Jody (2008) Review of "Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America". Technology and Culture (p. 493).
Review Seidel, Robert W. (2008) Review of "Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America". Bulletin for the History of Chemistry (p. 121).
Essay Review Johnson, Ann (2008) What If We Wrote the History of Science from the Perspective of Applied Science?. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 610-620).
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