The rise and decline of colloid science in North America, 1900-1935 : the neglected dimension / Andrew Ede.

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007], ©2007.

x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Early history -- Colloids at the boundary -- The American reception of the new science -- In the colloid laboratory -- The rise to prominence -- The rise to prominence : the new laboratory -- The origins of dissent -- Wilder Dwight Bancroft and the colloids of insanity -- Micelle versus Macromolecule.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.