Materials Science: Parepistemes Rampant

摘要

This article is based on a plenary address which Robert W. Cahn, Cambridge University, delivered at the International Union of Materials Research Societies International conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM'99) hosted by the Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS) in Beijing, on June 14 1999. A version of this article is also being published in Materials Today, the Quarterly magazine published by Elsevier for the European-MRS. A report of the IUMRS-ICAM'99 Meeting will be published in a future issue of MRS Bulletin.