How Glass Changed the World: Revised and Expanded
暫譯: 玻璃如何改變世界：修訂版與擴充版

這本專著探討了玻璃技術的歷史和化學，追溯其起源從古代到演變成為科學和社會的重要材料。從公元前2500年左右的早期合成二氧化矽玻璃生產開始，本文檢視了其發展直至羅馬時期、威尼斯和穆拉諾玻璃製造商的變革性創新，以及波希米亞玻璃的最終崛起。文本強調了玻璃在鏡子、透鏡、眼鏡和化學器具發展中的關鍵角色，這些都促進了重要的科學進步。涵蓋了玻璃的精煉直至18世紀，本書深入探討了其對化學實踐和更廣泛社會進步的深遠影響。

本卷是作者早期在Springer出版的著作《玻璃如何改變世界：從古代到13世紀的玻璃歷史與化學》（2012）的更新和擴展版本，擴大了歷史範疇並深化了對玻璃在科學和社會中變革性角色的分析。

Seth C. Rasmussen is a Professor of Chemistry at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo. A native of the Seattle area, he received his B.S in chemistry from Washington State University in 1990, before continuing his graduate studies at Clemson University under the guidance of Prof. John D. Petersen. After completing his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1994, he moved to the University of Oregon to study conjugated organic polymers as a postdoctoral associate under Prof. James E. Hutchison. He then accepted a teaching position at the University of Oregon in 1997, before moving to join the faculty at NDSU in 1999. Attaining the rank of full professor in 2012, Prof. Rasmussen also spent the spring of 2018 as a Fulbright Senior Scholar and visiting professor at the Centre for Organic Electronics of the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Active in the fields of both materials chemistry and the history of chemistry, his research interests include the design and synthesis of conjugated materials, photovoltaics (solar cells), NIR photodetectors, organic light emitting diodes, the history of materials, chemical technology in antiquity, and the application of history to chemical education. As author and editor, Prof. Rasmussen has contributed to books in both materials and history and has published more than 140 research papers and book chapters. His most recent monograph was The Origins and Early History of Conjugated Organic Polymers: Organic Semiconductors, Synthetic Metals, and the Prehistory of Organic Electronics (Oxford University Press, 2025). He was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2021, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2022, and a Fellow of the History of Chemistry (HIST)division of the ACS in 2023. In 2025, his work in history was recognized with the Joseph B. Lambert HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry. Prof. Rasmussen served as the Program Chair for HIST from 2008 to 2017, and the HIST Chair in 2021-2022. In addition, he continues to serve as the series editor for the book series Springer Briefs in History of Chemistry and Perspectives on the History of Chemistry, and as an advisory board member for the journals Chemical Science and Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry.

Seth C. Rasmussen 是北達科他州立大學 (NDSU) 化學系的教授。他是西雅圖地區的原住民，於1990年在華盛頓州立大學獲得化學學士學位，隨後在克萊姆森大學繼續研究生學業，師從約翰·D·彼得森教授。1994年，他完成無機化學博士學位後，移至俄勒岡大學，擔任詹姆斯·E·哈奇森教授的博士後研究員，研究共軛有機聚合物。1997年，他接受了俄勒岡大學的教職，並於1999年加入NDSU的教學團隊。2012年晉升為正教授，拉斯穆森教授於2018年春季擔任富布賴特高級學者及澳大利亞紐卡索大學有機電子中心的訪問教授。

拉斯穆森教授活躍於材料化學及化學歷史領域，他的研究興趣包括共軛材料的設計與合成、光伏（太陽能電池）、近紅外光檢測器、有機發光二極體、材料歷史、古代化學技術以及歷史在化學教育中的應用。作為作者和編輯，拉斯穆森教授對材料和歷史方面的書籍做出了貢獻，並發表了超過140篇研究論文和書籍章節。他最近的專著是《共軛有機聚合物的起源與早期歷史：有機半導體、合成金屬及有機電子學的史前時期》（牛津大學出版社，2025年）。他於2021年被評選為美國化學學會 (ACS) 的會士，2022年成為皇家化學學會的會士，並於2023年成為ACS化學歷史 (HIST) 部門的會士。2025年，他在歷史方面的工作獲得了約瑟夫·B·蘭伯特HIST獎，以表彰其在化學歷史方面的卓越成就。拉斯穆森教授於2008年至2017年擔任HIST的計畫主席，並於2021至2022年擔任HIST主席。此外，他繼續擔任化學歷史系列書籍《Springer Briefs in History of Chemistry》和《Perspectives on the History of Chemistry》的系列編輯，以及期刊《Chemical Science》和《Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry》的顧問委員會成員。