... physicist, Anderson (19 79). 17 6 The Coming of Materials Science generally, under the title The New Alchemists: Breaking Through the Barriers of High Pressure (Hazen 19 93). The high-pressure ... in about 19 13. By 19 46 there were enough X-ray crystallographers in the world and in touch with each other for them to want to combine. Moreover, 15 6 The Coming of Materials Science Vogel, ... purposes of scientific research was Michael Polanyi (18 91- 1976) who in 19 22 -19 23, with the metallurgist Erich Schmid (18 96 -19 83) and the polymer scientist-to-be Hermann Mark (18 95 -19 92), studied the...