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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or, Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Pelican S.) - Softcover

Book 6 of 61: Princeton Science Library

Gordon, J.

 
9780140209204: The New Science of Strong Materials: Or, Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Pelican S.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140209204 ISBN 13: 9780140209204
Publisher: Penguin, 1973

Synopsis

The New Science of Strong Materials: Or, Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor

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Review

"I was thoroughly charmed and won over by this book which I now recommend to all my colleagues."--Daniel C. Mattis, American Journal of Physics

"Princeton has brought to the public a highly readable treatise on the science of materials that emphasizes the strength of chemical and physical bonds, crystal structure, and cracks. . . . The author admits the necessity of being highly selective in the materials he can discuss so broadly, but he ably presents chemical and physical problems and how they have been solved in an orderly fashion, and he shows that the strength of materials is influenced as much by their environment and loading systems as by their own structures and shapes."--S. W. Dobyns, Science Books and Films

About the Author

J. E. Gordon (1913-1998) was Professor of Materials Technology Emeritus at the University of Reading and is the author of Structures, or Why Things Don't Fall Down. Philip Ball is a freelance science writer and a consultant editor for Nature, and is the author of Designing the Molecular World and Made to Measure (both Princeton).

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Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
1973
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0140209204
ISBN 13 
9780140209204
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288