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One is Ag and the Other's Au
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Chemical Engineering Progress
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Mascone, Cynthia
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Copyright informationCopyright American Institute of Chemical Engineers Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When I was a Girl Scout, we sang a song called "Make New Friends" that went like this:
Make new friends
But keep the old
One is silver
And the other's gold.
As children, we thought of friends as people, or perhaps a pet or an imaginary companion. As adult baby-boomers, when we get a new camera phone or GPS system or laptop with Vista, we might be heard muttering the tonguein-cheek mantra "technology is my friend."
As engineers, technology is indeed our friend. This issue of CEP can help you make new technology friends while keeping in touch with the old.
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