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> Great reminder what materials science can do to some underlying economics.

Just economics? :-))

Materials science is practically <<civilization>>.

The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age.

The other axes are: energy production, transportation improvements. But even those frequently come from materials science. The steam engine needed mass production of high quality steel, etc.



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