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Changing National Origins of Materials Research Implications for Science and Technology Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

Tonia K. Devon  and
Rustum Roy

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 12 , December 1988 , pp. 7 - 14
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

References

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