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Indeholder "List of Plates", "Acknowledgements", "Foreword to First Edition", "Foreword to Second Edition", "Chapter 1 - The New Science of strong materials - or how to ask awkward questions", "Part One - Elasticity and the theory of strength", "Chapter 2 - Stresses and strains - or why you don't
Glimrende bog om materialefysik. Lim er fx utrolig interessant i Gordons fremstilling.
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fall through the floor", "Chapter 3 - Cohesion - or how strong ought materials to be?", "Chapter 4 - Cracks and dislocations - or why things are weak", "Part Two - The non-metallic tradition", "Chapter 5 - Crack-stopping or how to be tough", "Chapter 6 - Timber and cellulose - or Wooden ships and Iron men", "Chapter 7 - Glue and plywood - or mice in the gliders", "Chapter 8 - Composite materials - or how to make bricks with straw", "Part Three - The metallic tradition", "Chapter 9 - Ductility in metals - or the intimate life of the dislocation", "Chapter 10 - Iron and steel - Hepahistos among the Satanic Mills", "Chapter 11 - The materials of the future - or how to have second thoughts", "Appendix 1 - On the various kinds of solids - and what about treacle?", " Note on Conversion of Units", "Appendix 2 - Simple beam formulae - or do your own stressing", "Suggestions for further study", "Index".Glimrende bog om materialefysik. Lim er fx utrolig interessant i Gordons fremstilling.
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Publication
Penguin Books, (1999), Paperback, 288 pages
Description
J. E. Gordon's classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fascinating and fundamental questions about how the structural world around us works. Gordon focuses on so-called strong materials--such as metals, wood, ceramics, glass, and bone--explaining in engaging and accessible terms the unique physical and chemical basis for their inherent structural qualities. He also shows how an in-depth understanding of these materials' intrinsic strengths--and weaknesses--guides our engineering choices, allowing us to build the structures that support our society. This work is an enduring example of first-rate scientific communication. Philip Ball's introduction describes Gordon's career and the impact of his innovations in materials research, while also discussing how the field has evolved since Gordon wrote this enduring example of first-rate scientific communication.… (more)
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LibraryThing member thrama
wonderful book! I've been excited about glues ever since I first read it; AND I do my own personal little experiments whenever I see a new one.
LibraryThing member yapete
This book is a model for how to write a hugely entertaining and interesting book on a seemingly mundane topic: Why don't we fall through the floor? This is how science should work: Ask questions about things we take for granted and see if we really know the answer. A must read for anybody
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interested in engineering and architecture, but also a must read for any aspiring science writer. These days a lot of publishers think science writing has to be about something obviously spectacular (black holes, strings...) to be exciting. Gordon shows that good writing can make any topic hugely interesting - even more so as this is actually relevant to our daily lives. Show Less
LibraryThing member Pferdina
Unexpectedly fun to read. The author has a conversational style that is unlike most other science and engineering books. The book was originally written in the 1960's and is a bit dated, despite being updated for the second edition in 1976. The information about material strength is still good, and
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the discussions about early aircraft, ship, and locomotive design are the best parts. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1968
Physical description
287 p.; 18 cm
ISBN
0140135979 / 9780140135978
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser et par solide gummisko på et solidt gulv
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
James Edward Gordon: 1913 - 1998
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Dont Fall Through the Floor
Fra bagsiden:
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? All these are questions about the nature of materials. All of them are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. During the 250 years up to the 1920s and 1930s they had been answered largely by seeing how materials behaved in practice. But materials continued to do things that they "ought" not to have done. Only in the last 40 years have these questions begun to be answered by a new approach. Material scientists have started to look more deeply into the make-up of materials. They have found many surprises; above all, perhaps, that how a material behaves depends on how perfectly - or imperfectly - its atoms are arranged. Using both SI and imperial units, Professor Gordon's account of material science is a demonstration of the sometimes curious and entertaining ways in which scientists isolate and solve problems.
Omslaget viser et par solide gummisko på et solidt gulv
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
James Edward Gordon: 1913 - 1998
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Dont Fall Through the Floor
Fra bagsiden:
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? All these are questions about the nature of materials. All of them are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. During the 250 years up to the 1920s and 1930s they had been answered largely by seeing how materials behaved in practice. But materials continued to do things that they "ought" not to have done. Only in the last 40 years have these questions begun to be answered by a new approach. Material scientists have started to look more deeply into the make-up of materials. They have found many surprises; above all, perhaps, that how a material behaves depends on how perfectly - or imperfectly - its atoms are arranged. Using both SI and imperial units, Professor Gordon's account of material science is a demonstration of the sometimes curious and entertaining ways in which scientists isolate and solve problems.
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Pages
287
DDC/MDS
| 620.11 |