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The new science of strong materials, or, Why you don't fall through the floor / J.E. Gordon ; with a new introduction by Philip Ball.

by Gordon, J. E. (James Edward), 1913-1998.

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Princeton University Press, 2018.

Strength of materials.

Princeton science library.

9780691180984 (trade pbk.)

0691180989 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

Why you don't fall through the floor

New Princeton Science Library ed.

[18], 287 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-281) and index.

The new science of strong materials -- or how to ask awkward questions -- Part One. Elasticity and the theory of strength -- Stresses and strains -- or why you don't fall through the floor -- Cohesion -- or how strong ought materials to be? -- Cracks and dislocations -- or why things are weak -- Part Two. The non-metallic tradition -- Crack-stopping -- or how to be tough -- Timber and cellulose -- or Wooden ships and Iron men -- Glue and plywood -- or mice in the gliders -- Composite materials -- or how to make bricks with straw -- Part Three. The metallic tradition -- Ductility in metals -- or the intimate life of the dislocation -- Iron and steel -- Hephaistos among the Satanic Mills -- The materials of the future -- or how to have second thoughts -- Appendix 1. On the various kinds of solids -- and what about treacle? -- Appendix 2. Simple beam formulae -- or do your own stressing.

Ball, Philip, 1962-

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