Plastic, admitted Leo Hendrik Baekeland's great-grandson, isn't exactly the family's choice of conversation around the dinner table. In fact, Baekeland was rather low-key about his role in developing ...

When Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, he changed the world — ushering in the Age of Plastics and transforming the way people lived. The phenolic resin took off first as a superior, ...

Today, we all carry a smartphone in our purse or pocket with more computing power than an Apollo spacecraft. However, our lines of communication weren't always so technologically advanced. In the ...

Anaheim, Calif. — A bit of Hollywood excitement came to the Society of Plastics Engineers annual conference — a continuous screening of the documentary "All Things Bakelite," produced by Leo Baekeland ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The papers document Leo H. Baekeland, ...