Plastics
By: Norman H. Finkelstein.
Series: Great inventions
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tarrytown, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780761426004
Subjects: Plastics -- History.; Plastics -- Environmental aspects.; Plastics industry and trade.
Description: "An examination of the origin, history, development, and societal impact of the development of plastics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Paper or plastic?; title: From plants to plastic; title: Leo Baekeland's  astonishing discovery; title: You're the top! you're cellophane; title: The synthetic world goes to war; title: Better things for better living; title: A healtherie world; title: Plastics and the environment.