Beschreibung
Provides a concise introduction to various materials with broad day-to-day applicationsDescribes how the uses of certain materials were discovered and their importance in todays worldExamines how advances in materials underlie and enable advances in technologyCovers a wide range of materials including stone, wood, leather, cloth, natural fibers, gold, and numerous alloys
Autorenporträt
Ian Baker is a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College. His research interests include mechanical behavior of metallic alloys, magnetic materials, ice and snow, phase transformations, electron microscopy, and x-ray techniques.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE
E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
