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Kassinger, Ruth G.

Glass: From Cinderella's Slippers to Fiber Optics

80 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | March, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7613-2109-8 $$25.90
(3) 4-6 Material World series. The books in this series form a superior concatenation of science (mostly chemistry), history, archaeology, and engineering, mortared together with bits of economics and art history. Explanations are clear, illustrations and reproductions well chosen. These books are useful above the suggested grade levels. Futher reading, map, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Material World titles: Ceramics, Dyes, Glass, Gold, and Iron and Steel.]
Reviewer: Harry Clement Stubbs

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