Resumen de Chasing rainbows
It is so ubiquitous that people hardly notice it, even when it is right in front of their eyes. They use it to wrap food, make toys, build cars--and yes, these days even the contact lenses and "glasses" that enhance their vision are made from it. They are talking about plastics, of course--materials that, through their seemingly limitless morphing of forms and function, have shaped the past century. But here's a secret. Despite the panopoly of plastics they produce, they are still rank amateurs compared with the machinery that churns out very similar stuff right under their noses--throughout their bodies, to be precise. Here, Urquhart details ways to make plastic truly fantastic
