Fifty Materials That Make the World

• Main Author: Baker, Ian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Nanotechnology.; Chemistry.; Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.

This book introduces materials and how advances in materials result in advances in technology and our daily lives. Each chapter covers a particular material, how the material was discovered or invented, when it was first used, how this material has impacted the world, what makes the material importa...