The substance of civilization materials and human history from the stone age to the age of silicon

By:

Sass, Stephen L

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Arcade Publishing 1998Description: 303p., pbkISBN:

9781611454017

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

620.11 SAS

Summary: "Contents: The ages of stone and clay -- The age of metals : a primer -- Copper and bronze -- Gold, silver, and the rise of empires -- The age of iron -- A quick history of glass -- Building for the ages -- Innovations from the East -- Stoking the furnance of capitalism -- The birth of modern metals -- Steel : master of them all -- Exploding billiard balls and other polymers -- Diamond : the superlative substance -- Composites : the lesson of nature -- The age of silicon."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Maker Space Book	Maker Space Library	Engineering	620.11 SAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MS0076

"Contents:
The ages of stone and clay -- The age of metals : a primer -- Copper and bronze -- Gold, silver, and the rise of empires -- The age of iron -- A quick history of glass -- Building for the ages -- Innovations from the East -- Stoking the furnance of capitalism -- The birth of modern metals -- Steel : master of them all -- Exploding billiard balls and other polymers -- Diamond : the superlative substance -- Composites : the lesson of nature -- The age of silicon."

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