The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor by J E Gordon

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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor by J E GordonISBN: 9780140135978 Publisher : Penguin, 28 Mar. 1991 Paperback, 288 pages 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

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