Robert Jacobus Forbes

Robert Jacobus Forbes or Robert James Forbes (21 April 1900 – 13 January 1973) was a Dutch chemist and historian of science and professor in the history of applied science and technology at the University of Amsterdam.

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"Technology...has become the prime source of material change and so determines the pattern of the total social fabric."

- Robert Jacobus Forbes

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