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, ...

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 ...

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Baekeland was hardly alone in his quest for a better varnish. The shellac issue was one of the hot topics of chemical research at the turn of the century. The sole source of shellac was the excretions ...