Ocupation: Physicist
Life: May 10, 1901 - September 15, 1971
Birthday: May 10
Death: September 15
The central industry of modern civilisation, tending, because of its control over materials, to spread into and ultimately incorporate older industries such as mining, smelting, oil- refining, textiles, rubber, building, and even agriculture in respect to fertilizers and food processing.
source: John Desmond Bernal (1965). “Science in history”
topic: Oil, Agriculture, Textiles, Fertilizer, Mining, Processing