Beyond Bakelite: Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention

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Beyond Bakelite: Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and InventionThe changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the father of plastics. The Belgian born American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur Leo Baekeland (18631944) is best known for his invention of the first synthetic plastichis near namesake Bakelitewhich had applications ranging from electrical insulators to Art Deco jewelry. Toward the end of his career,

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