William A. Mallow

A polymer chemist at the Southwest Research Institute, Mallow enjoyed working on practical problems. He showed M&M-Mars how to keep peanut butter from gunking up the molds at M&M candy factories. He helped Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of "The Monkees" guitarist Michael Nesmith) perfect the formula for her invention, "Liquid Paper". He consulted on projects from Space Shuttle protective tiles to fake dinosaur skin -- and invented clumping cat litter. Mallow retired from SwRI in 1998, but continued to dabble in materials: most recently, he worked on the "Mobility Denial System" -- a slippery spray that could be used to disable enemy troops without injury or death. He died July 30 in San Antonio from leukemia. He was 72. From This is True for 4 August 2002 Suggestions for further reading: Textiles (10th Edition) by Sara J. Kadolph, Anna L. Langford Amazon Price: $76.17 Customer Review: I really appreciate being able to find my textbooks for school at an Amazon price.   Polymer Chemistry, Second Edition by Paul C. Hiemenz, Timothy P. Lodge Amazon Price: $88.16 Customer Review: This 2nd edition is nearly a total rewrite. The fine structure of the first edition is greatly strengthened by the most recent advances in polymer science and crystal clear explanations of the important phenomena, especially in polymer physics. Work...   Understanding Textiles (7th Edition) by Billie J. Collier, Martin Bide, Phyllis G. Tortora Amazon Price: $87.52 Customer Review: I had to get this book for my textiles class. The book is done in a rather boring format (it is pretty much just a reference book, what did I expect?!) but it was extremely useful for that class and for many more I have taken. Interesting tidbits thr...   Introduction to Polymers (2nd Printing of 2nd Ed.) by R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell Amazon Price: $54.04 Customer Review: I ordered this a week ago with a 2-day shipping speed. This is absurd that it hasn't even shipped yet and I can no longer trust Amazon for their "fast premium shipping" when I could have ordered the book by someone else with standard shipping and go...   Polymer Science and Technology (2nd Edition) by Joel Fried Amazon Price: $103.69 Customer Review: Excellent Book. I use it for my grad class. Covers most topics that are required to gain a sufficient introductory knowledge in polymer science. I would recommend it to undergrads as well as grad students.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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