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Hidden Wonders: The Subtle Dialogue Between Physics and Elegance
by Guyon, Etienne; Bico, Jose; Reyssat,... | PB | Good
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 2 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780262539890
- Book Title
- Hidden Wonders : the Subtle Dialogue between Physics and Elégance
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 10.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Science, Référence
- Topic
- Experiments & Projects, Curiosities & Wonders, Physics / General
- Item Weight
- 28.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 324 Pages
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The hidden elegance in everyday objects and physical mechanisms, from crumpled paper to sandcastles. Hidden Wonders focuses on the objects that populate our everyday life--crumpled paper, woven fabric, a sand pile--but looks at them with a physicist's eye, revealing a hidden elegance in mundane physical mechanisms. In six chapters--Builders, Creating Shapes, Building with Threads, From Sand to Glass, Matter in Motion, and Fractures--the authors present brief stories, set in locales ranging from the Eiffel Tower to a sandcastle, that illustrate the little wonders hidden in the ordinary. A simple experiment that readers can perform at home concludes each story. More than 200 illustrations bring the stories to life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262539896
ISBN-13
9780262539890
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050028020
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hidden Wonders : the Subtle Dialogue between Physics and Elégance
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Experiments & Projects, Curiosities & Wonders, Physics / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Référence
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
28.4 Oz
Item Length
10.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" Hidden Wonders fills a major gap in popular science books. Guyon and co-authors convey to their readers a modern and interdisciplinary approach to physics in a style rarely seen in the genre -- with special homage to recent developments in soft-matter physics and engineering sciences. Their effort is much needed, and we scientists should look to inspire the next generation, because there are still plenty of mysteries and wonders to be discovered." -- Marcelo A. Dias, Nature Physics
Lccn
2020-934592
Dewey Decimal
621
Lc Classification Number
Qc24.5.G8913 2020
Table of Content
Preface ................................................................................... vi I. BUILDERS ...........................................................1 The Elegance of Small and Slender Things................................2 Azay-le-Rideau or Roofs of Beauty........................................... 10 The Eiffel Tower......................................................................... 18 Inner Balance..............................................................................26 Surface Tension ..........................................................................34 II. CREATING SHAPES.............................43 And We Think of Bubbles as Fragile!.......................................44 The Tragedy of Foam .................................................................52 Necklaces and Catenaries..........................................................60 Elegant Stone Arches.................................................................68 Shells and Mille-Feuilles ........................................................ 76 III. BUILDING WITH THREAD ........85 An Eight-Legged Builder..........................................................86 Wet Hair.....................................................................................94 Birds as Architects ...................................................................104 An Impressive Bridge of Grasses..............................................114 Folders and Tailors: Masters of Volume.................................. 122 Weaving and Braiding ............................................................. 132 Folding and Crumpling Paper Balls........................................ 142 IV. FROM SAND TO GLASS............... 153 Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand.......................................... 154 The Secret of Sandcastles......................................................... 162 Earthen Architecture............................................................... 172 Liquid Stone: Concrete ............................................................ 180 The Saga of Fusing Granular Matter....................................... 188 States of Glass .......................................................................... 196 V. MATTER IN MOTION......................... 205 Beams Bend but Do Not Break...............................................206 Vaulting into the Air................................................................ 216 The Choreography of Pine Cones............................................. 224 Flying Seeds............................................................................. 232 Quaking Bows.......................................................................... 242 Uppity Grains of Sand ............................................................. 252 VI. FRACTURES .............................................261 Prehistoric Gems ..................................................................... 262 Pointed Tears ........................................................................... 270 The Geometry of Lettuce ....................................................... 278 Eloquent Craquelures ..............................................................286 Walking on Eggs ....................................................................294 Glass Teardrops .......................................................................302 Glossary .................................................................................... 310 Reading List............................................................................. 312 Acknowledgments.................................................................... 313
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