Protein Based Materials formatIsbn:Softcover 9781461286493 represented in the present vol­ 9783642096402 represented in the present vol­ ume by the editors Barbara Hemforth and Lars Konieczny (who was at Freiburg for many years) as well as by Christoph Scheepers (who is now in Glasgow) and Christoph Holscher in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers Yet this book will serve as a useful introduction for those wishing to get started in what is sure to be an active and productive field throughout the 21st century Nature learned long ago how useful proteins are as a diverse set of building blocks to make materials with very diverse properties