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

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Gordon, James Edward

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9780691023809: The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor
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ISBN 10: 0691023808 ISBN 13: 9780691023809
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1984

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"I found Gordon's writing style fascinating; his book reads like a novel, and the technical content is superb."--Enoch J. Durbin, Princeton University

About the Author

J. E. Gordon (1913–1998) was a founder of materials science and biomechanics. He was the author of Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down and The Science of Structures and Materials. Philip Ball is a science writer whose work has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among others.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691023808
ISBN 13 
9780691023809
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
288
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