Role of Cement Science in Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the International Symposium Dedicated to Professor Fred Glasser, University of . . Dundee, Scotland, UK (Celebrating Concrete)

First presented at the Symposium on the Role of Cement Science in Sustainable Development, held at and organized by the Concrete Technology Unit of the U. of Dundee in Scotland in September 2003, the 54 papers of this proceedings are grouped into six themes; modern cement manufacture; hydration of Portland cement; supplementary cementing materials, activators and inhibitors; performance of Portland cement concrete in the environment; special and non-Portland cements; and new directions in cement science. The development of sustainable processes is a central theme in all the papers. Distributed in the U.S. by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)