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Sticky : the secret science of surfaces / Laurie Winkless.
Van Pelt Library QC176.84.S93 W56 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winkless, Laurie, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Sigma series
- Bloombury Sigma Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surfaces (Technology).
- Friction.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General).
- Medical Subjects:
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General).
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; Dublin, Ireland : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2023.
- Summary:
- "In Sticky, Laurie Winkless explores some of the ways that friction shapes both the manufactured and natural worlds, and describes how our understanding of surface science has given us an ability to manipulate stickiness, down to the level of a single atom"-- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Hello
- To stick or not to stick
- A gecko's grip
- Gone swimming
- Flying high
- Hit the road
- These shaky isles
- Break the ice
- The human touch
- Close contact.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472950857
- 1472950852
- OCLC:
- 1310770082
- Publisher Number:
- 99993728110
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