The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program / / Peter J. T. Morris.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Morris, Peter J. T.,
• MitwirkendeR: Thackray, Arnold,
• TeilnehmendeR: Thackray, Arnold.
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Chemical Sciences in Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.) :; 2 illus.

This history of the government-funded synthetic rubber research program (1942-19 6) offers a rare analysis of a cooperative research program geared to the improvement of existing products and the creation of new ones. The founders of the program believed the best way to further research in the new field was through collaboration among corporations, universities, and the federal government. Morris concludes that, in fact, the effort was ultimately a failure and that vigorous competition proves the best way to stimulate innovation. Government programs, like the rubber research program, are far better at improving existing products, the author contends, than creating wholly new ones.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The U.S. Government Rubber Program -- 2. Innovation in the Synthetic Rubber Industry -- 3. The Universities -- 4. Quality Control and Polymer Evaluation -- 5. The Rubber Research Program and Polymer Science -- Summary of Major Conclusions -- Appendix: Introduction to Polymer Chemistry; Select Bibliography -- Works Cited -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- Polymers and Monomers Index