“Absolutely riveting reading: A master piece.” (Sir Alan Cottrell) No more words could be said for a book already commented by another eminent scientist of the discipline, who is also a celebrated master in the understanding of materials and founding and growth of the science in the last half of a century at the end of the ten millennia since the use of fabrication and modification of man-made materials. We had the fortune and honour of receiving the earliest copies of the book in China during our meeting with the author either in England (Ko) or during the author’s visit to China as a Foreign Member of the Chinese “Absolutely riveting reading: A master piece.” (Sir Alan Cottrell) No more words could be said for a book already commented by another eminent scientist of the discipline, who is also a celebrated master in the understanding of materials and founding and growth of the science in the last half of a century at the end of the ten millennia since the use of fabrication and modification of man-made materials. We had the fortune and honor of receiving the earliest copies of the book in China during our meeting with the author either in England (Ko) or during the author’s visit to China as a Foreign Member of the Chinese