Second Edition. 11 cm x 18 cm. 287 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Elasticity and the theory of strength / Cracks and dislocations - or why things are weak / Crack-stopping - or how to be tough / Iron and steel - Hephaistos among the Satanic Mills / Appendix 1: On the various kinds of solids - and what about treacle? / Appendix 2: Simple beam formulae - or do your own stressing etc. Sprache: english.

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Titolo

The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor.

Editore

London etc. Penguin.

Data di pubblicazione

1978

Lingua

Inglese

ISBN 10

0140209204

ISBN 13

9780140209204

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Brossura

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Varia

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Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one?

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