What is it made of? The amazing materials from which modern civilization is built
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Professor at the University of London Mark Medovnik did an almost impossible thing - he wrote not only an accessible, but also a witty book about a wide variety of materials - a kind of “Entertaining Materials Science”. A story about new chemical compounds, a thoughtful comparative analysis of wine glasses, the steel of samurai swords, composite materials for transplantation, concrete structures of ultra-modern airports - the author writes about all this with brilliance and deep knowledge of the subject. What It's Made Of is an excellent piece of popular science of the highest caliber, a real treat for the curious reader.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Марк Медовник
- Language
- Russian
- Translator
- Вячеслав А. Львов