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- Materials science : making use of the secrets of matter/ by Knapp, Brian J.(CARDINAL)522277;
v. 1. Plastics -- v. 2. Metals -- v. 3. Wood and paper -- v. 4. Ceramics -- v. 5. Glass -- v. 6. Dyes, paints, and adhesives -- v. 7. Fibers -- v. 8. Water -- v. 9. Air.Presents the main scientific properties of materials and how they are determined, as well as how substances can be manipulated or modified to produce a wide array of materials with an equally wide array of applications.Accelerated Reader AR
- Subjects: Materials science; Materials;
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- Handmade : a scientist's search for meaning through making / by Ploszajski, Anna,author.(CARDINAL)795829;
Prologue -- Glass -- Plastic -- Steel -- Brass -- Clay -- Sugar -- Wool -- Wood -- Paper -- Stone -- Epilogue."From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. Handmade is the story of materials through making and doing. Author and material scientist Anna Ploszajski journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. Anna has the fresh perspective of someone at the forefront of the field. Each chapter features her accounts of learning from masters of their respective crafts. Along the way, Anna builds a fuller picture of materials and their place in society, as well as how they have intersected with her own life experiences - from land racing on American salt flats to swimming the English Channel. She visits a blacksmith, explores how working with the primal material, clay, has brought about some of the most advanced technologies, and delves down to the atomic scale of glass to find out what makes it 'glassy'. Handmade affords us a new understanding of the materials we encounter every day and an appreciation for the skills needed to fashion them into objects that are perfectly formed for the jobs they do."
- Subjects: Materials.; Materials science;
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- Handmade : a scientist's search for meaning through making / by Ploszajski, Anna,author.(CARDINAL)795829;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. This book is the story of materials through making and doing. The author, a materials scientist, journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. With knowledge accumulated over generations through hands-on trial and error, these experimenters and tinkerers understand the materiality of objects far better than any scientist with a textbook. The author has the fresh perspective of someone at the forefront of the field. Each chapter centres around an everyday material and features the author's accounts of learning from masters of their respective crafts. Along the way, she builds a fuller picture of materials and their place in society, as well as how they have intersected with her own life experiences - from land racing on American salt flats to swimming the English Channel. She visits a female blacksmith artist to see, hear, smell, and strike steel herself, explores how working with one of the most primal of materials, clay, has brought about some of the most advanced technologies, and delves down to the atomic scale of glass to find out what makes it "glassy." This book affords readers a new understanding of the materials we encounter every day and an appreciation for the skills needed to fashion them into objects that are perfectly formed for the jobs they do. --
- Subjects: Anecdotes.; Materials.; Materials science; Handicraft.;
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- Stuff matters [sound recording] exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world / by Miodownik, Mark.aut; Tantor Media.(CARDINAL)341284;
Narrator: Michael Page.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Materials science;
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- Let's investigate everyday materials. by Owen, Ruth,1967-author.(CARDINAL)300402;
Readers will investigate materials and everyday objects to learn what it is made of.710LAccelerated Reader AR
- Subjects: Materials science;
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- Aerogels and other material tech. by Adams, William D.,author.(CARDINAL)505176;
Aerogels -- Graphene -- Carbon nanotubes -- Concrete -- Metamaterials."In our modern world of plastics, metal alloys, and semiconductors, it may seem as if we have all the materials we could need. But materials scientists continue to discover new materials with stunning properties, surpassing existing materials in almost every respect. Learn about new materials, including aerogels, graphene, nanotubes, and metamaterials here"--Ages 11-14
- Subjects: Materials science;
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- Science magic with shapes & materials / by Oxlade, Chris.(CARDINAL)343232;
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- Subjects: Magic tricks; Form perception; Scientific recreations;
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- Educators guide to free science materials by Saterstrom, Mary H.(Mary Horkheimer)(CARDINAL)434144; Educators Progress Service.(CARDINAL)725091;
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- Materials technology / by Snedden, Robert.(CARDINAL)317520;
Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.Accelerated Reader AR
- Subjects: Materials; Materials science;
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- Materials / by Brundle, Joanna,author.(CARDINAL)625009;
What are materials? -- Where do materials come from? -- Choosing and using materials -- How can materials change? -- Mixtures and solutions -- Chemical changes -_ Conductors and magnets -- Metals -- Making new materials-plastics -- Making new materials-glass -- Making new materials-paper -- Different materials -- Important discoveries -- Experiments with materials.There are many different materials on Earth that can be utilized in a variety of ways. In this insightful volume, readers will learn about the basic properties of several types of materials, from wood to plastic.Accelerated Reader AR
- Subjects: Materials; Materials science;
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