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Rheology comes of age

FEB 01, 1960
a report on the 30th anniversary meeting of the Society of Rheology
Raymond R. Myers

Maturity is frequently decided arbitrarily in terms of a given number of years. In the elevation of rheology to prominent stature as a science, the difficult process of growing up has required the better part of three decades; the result, which was apparent on November 4, 1959, is an organization on the threshold of maturity, with plenty of enthusiasm to ensure continued growth and yet with sufficient purpose to know where it is headed.

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Volume 13, Number 2

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