Chains of Opportunity: The University of Akron and the Emergence of the Polymer Age 1909-2007

by Mark D. Bowles

While "plastics" was a one-word joke in the 1967 movie The Graduate, plastics and other polymers have never been a laughing matter at the University of Akron, with its world-renowned College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. Chains of Opportunity: The University of Akron and the Emergence of the Polymer Age, 1909-2007 tells the story of the university's rise to prominence in the field, beginning with the world's first academic course in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931968535
• ISBN13: 9781931968539
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"