The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor - J. E. Gordon expose a young woman who moves

a young woman who moves into an old Gothic apartment building in New York City with her husband Guy

nations turn to spies

technology and futuristic intrigue that asks what it actually means to be human when machines are doing a lot of the heavy lifting

and gets off with a slap on the wrist

The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor - J. E. Gordon expose a young woman who movesThe New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor is a classic work of popular science in which J. E. Gordon explains the principles of materials science through clear, engaging examples drawn from everyday life, engineering, architecture, and nature. Rather than relying on complex mathematics, Gordon explores why different materials behave the way they do under tension, compression, bending, torsion, and impact. He explains