The Power of Imperfections: A Key to Technology, Love, Life and Survival

by Peter Townsend

It may be surprising to focus on and praise imperfection, but, in reality, perfection is a fiction. Every aspect of our technologies is based on understanding and exploiting imperfections in the materials we use. Imperfections are key to our use of metals, glass, electronics, computers, optical fibres, and building materials. Catalysis, as used throughout chemical industries, is dependent on imperfections, as are a wide range of modern advances in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192857479
• ISBN13: 9780192857477
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"