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that about 100 journals are required to yield fifty In 1957, the Thermophysical Properties Research percent. But that other fifty percent! It is scattered Center (TPRC) of Purdue University, under the leadership of its founder, Professor Y. S. Touloukian, through more than 3500 journals and other docu­ began to develop a coordinated experimental, ments, often items not readily identifiable or ob­ tainable. Over 78,000 references are now in the theoretical, and literature review program covering a set of properties of great importance to science and files. technology. Over the years, this program has grown Thus, the man who wants to use existing data, rather than make new measurements himself, faces steadily, producing bibliographies, data compila­ tions and recommendations, experimental measure­ a long and costly task if he wants to assure himself ments, and other output. The series of volumes for that he has found all the relevant results. More often than not, a search for data stops after one or two which these remarks constitute a foreword is one of results are found-or after the searcher decides he these many important products. These volumes are a monumental accomplishment in

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Author
Y. S. Touloukian, R. K. Kirby, R. E. Taylor, P. D. Desai (auth.)
Publisher
Springer US
Published
1975
Language
EN
ISBN
9781475716245
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Technology, Stem

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