Stuff: The Things The World Is Made Of

By Ivan Amato

Book Overview

America in the 21st century may well rise, or fall, depending on how far ahead it remains in the development of smart materials. From plastics to never-before-seen composites, an award-winning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465083285
• ISBN13: 9780465083282
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Great layman's overview of MSE!

It's so great to find a layman's overview to the influence of materials science and engineering. The author covers the breakthroughs of ancient times, the birth of the discipline in the last century, and it's future directions. Great book for anyone who works even marginally with engineered materials! As a doctoral student in the field myself, it was fun to see how the author made complex concepts understandable to a wider audience.

This is the way to go for a primer in material Science

As a mechanical engineer, I was exposed to a rather dry subject of material science limiting to a choise of performance curves that satisfied the load requirements. I bought this book some years ago and I was amazed on the explanation and depth of the coverage. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about materials is somehow reflected here, the history, the facts the whys.. As a special bonus there is a graph (page 243)that shows the interplay of factors that influence steel behaviour, just this is worth the reading... I wonder why is out of stock?..

GREAT

He manages to explain complicated things in a way me and you can understand them,and me makes you even more interested in the subjects he covers.

2 big thumbs way way up!!!

I think that stuff is a great book. If you are interested if the materials of the world, this is a great book.