In this introduction, Christopher Hall shows how material science combines physics, chemistry, and biology with engineering to understand and exploit materials and create new ones, often with extraordinary optical and electrical properties.
In this introduction, Christopher Hall shows how material science combines physics, chemistry, and biology with engineering to understand and exploit materials and create new ones, often with extraordinary optical and electrical properties.
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Paperback
English
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Dec. 23rd, 2014
9780199672677
4.29 x 6.89 x 0.32 inches
0199672679
0.31 lbs
Table Of Contents
Gold, sand, and string
Close observation
Tough but slippery
Electric blue
Making stuff and making things
Such quantities of sand
Further reading
Index
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