Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century

Author/Contributor(s):	Ball, Philip de Greff
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	10/03/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.