Stuff: Materials World |  | Author: Ivan Amato
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0380731533
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.1
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"Stuff, stuff, everywhere stuff": Ivan Amato will make you appreciate how much ingenuity, history, and subtlety goes into even the most apparently mundane human-produced materials, such as paper or steel. Then he will astonish you by describing the Stuff of the future, the deliberate creations of today's materials scientists: Buckyballs, synthetic diamonds, designs crafted at the atomic level, self-healing materials, and biomimetics. A revolution is just beginning that is "comparable in scope and importance to the beginning of the scientific method."
Product Description
The way our world is, how it got there and where it's going, is a direct result of the stuff we make other stuff out of: the metals, composites, ceramics, plastics and semi-conductors found in every man-made thing around us. From antique china to airplanes, transistor radios and supercomputers--from the Stone Age to the Electronics Age and far beyond--science writer Ivan Amato takes on a remarkable journey through a breathtaking universe of enlightenment and challenge; revealing the secrets, exploring the astounding histories, introducing us to the genius personalities behind the discoveries, and unveiling the glorious future and possibilities of STUFF.
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 GREAT December 11, 2001
I. Braconi (Dania Beach,Fl)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!!! February 6, 1999
I think that stuff is a great book. If you are interested if the materials of the world, this is a great book.
This is the way to go for a primer in material Science June 6, 2006
Humberto Mejia (Perth, Australia)
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 layman's overview of MSE! September 15, 2008
B. Nelson-cheeseman (Berkeley, CA, USA)
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.
 Materials Science Made Simple November 5, 2002
Joel M. Kauffman (Berwyn, PA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Optimistic, easy-to-read, this charming history of the effect of new materials on society is filled with brilliant analogies. From the ceramics and bronze of prehistoric times through iron, steel, aluminum, polymers, transistors, silicon microchips and solid-state lasers, using personal interviews and a number of diagrams, Amato takes the reader on a joyful tour of what became Materials Science. This fount of good (but not excellent) explanations of many things is marred by a number of technical errors, and a Green Party stance on all of the current environmental issues. These flaws drag down what would have been a 5-star rating to 3 stars. The generally delicious writing style is marred by some problems with transitive verbs and a few slang expressions that may be hard to translate. Citation of sources is adequate.
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