Understanding Materials Science History · Properties · Applications /

• Main Author: Hummel, Rolf E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This introduction to materials science both for students of engineering and physics and for the interested general public examines not only the physical and engineering properties of virtually all kinds of materials, but also their history, uses, development, and some of the implications of resource...