The Rise and Decline of Colloid Science in North America, 1900–1935: The Neglected Dimension (Inglese)

n 1925, the study of colloids was one of the most popular topics in American science. Researchers from such diverse fields as biology, physics, medicine and chemistry were looking at colloids and finding them in everything from cell physiology to chemical warfare gases. There were major conferences on colloids and plans to build a national colloid research centre. Throughout the first half of the decade, no less than 25 per cent of all chemistry papers published in North America were on colloid research. Ten years later, colloids had virtually disappeared as a research classification.

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