Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America /
Ndiaye, Pap.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
Originally published in French as: Du nylon et des bombes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-281) and index.
DuPont and the rise of chemical engineering -- From ammonia to nylon : technologies and careers -- Culture and politics at DuPont before World War II -- The forgetten engineers of the bomb -- The heyday and decline of chemical enineering.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Chemical industry
Research, Industrial
Military-industrial complex