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The substance of civilization : materials and human history from the stone age to the age of silicon / Stephen L. Sass.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sass, Stephen L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materials.
- Technology and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Little, Brown and Co., [1998]
- Summary:
- Stephen Sass studies why materials break, bend, or behave the way they do. In WONDERFUL THINGS Sass takes us back in history--from the Stone Age to today--to look at what things have been made of and why. Filled with fact after fascinating fact, this highly entertaining book connects the worlds of minerals and molecules to the sweep of human history. Line drawings throughout. photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1559703717
- OCLC:
- 37843839
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