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![The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through theFloor by J.E. Gordon](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQnhxTHdFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8355707beeec3c634fe7d2574e0629d726f42ab4/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20New%20Science%20of%20Strong%20Materials-%20Or%20Why%20You%20Don't%20Fall%20Through%20theFloor.jpg)
288 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140135978
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 30 July 1975
Description
Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one? All these are questions about the nature of materials. Al...
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![The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through theFloor by J.E. Gordon](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQnhxTHdFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8355707beeec3c634fe7d2574e0629d726f42ab4/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20New%20Science%20of%20Strong%20Materials-%20Or%20Why%20You%20Don't%20Fall%20Through%20theFloor.jpg)
288 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140135978
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 30 July 1975
Description
Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one? All these are questions about the nature of materials. Al...