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Fundamental Materials Research and the Course of Human Civilization

Materials Science 2017-08-07 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics Popular Physics
Authors: Nicola A. Spaldin
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Abstract

Unless we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed. (Ancient Chinese proverb)

Keywords

fundamental materials research human civilization societal impact scientific direction

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@article{arxiv.1708.01325,
  title  = {Fundamental Materials Research and the Course of Human Civilization},
  author = {Nicola A. Spaldin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01325},
  year   = {2017}
}

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