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Why Things Break

Why Things Break: Understanding the World By the Way It Comes Apart

Paperback Published on: 28/09/2004
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Synopsis

A chemistry professor shows that learning more about "materials failure" - why things come apart - will help us understand how to better build (and defend) our world.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc
  • ISBN: 9781400048830
  • Number of pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 203 x 131 x 15 mm
  • Weight: 238g
  • Languages: English

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