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Fifty Materials That Make the World (Hardcover)

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Description


Provides a concise introduction to various materials with broad day-to-day applications

Describes how the uses of certain materials were discovered and their importance in today's world

Examines how advances in materials underlie and enable advances in technology

Covers a wide range of materials including stone, wood, leather, cloth, natural fibers, gold, and numerous alloys

About the Author


Ian Baker is a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College. His research interests include mechanical behavior of metallic alloys, magnetic materials, ice and snow, phase transformations, electron microscopy, and x-ray techniques.

Product Details
ISBN: 9783319787640
ISBN-10: 3319787640
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: July 6th, 2018
Pages: 271
Language: English