Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century

Contributor(s): Ball, Philip de Greff (Author)

ISBN: 9780691009759

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$57.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$69.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$68.75 (100+ copies: $68.00)

List/retail price:

$57.00

Pub Date: October 3, 1999

Dewey: 620.11

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.15" H x 9.23" L x 6.11" W ( 1.50 lbs) 472 pages

BISAC Categories:

Technology and Engineering | Materials Science | General | Science | Chemistry

Series: Princeton Paperbacks

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: MADE TO MEASURE introduces a general audience to one of today's most exciting areas of scientific research--materials science. Philip Ball describes how scientists are currently inventing thousands of new materials that are being "made to measure"--designed for particular applications, rather than discovered by happenstance. 17 color illustrations. 61 photos. 183 line drawings.

Review Quotes: "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998"

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