Publicado por Broadway Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Publicado por Broadway Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Acceptable. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: USED_FAIR. Used book - May contain writing, notes, highlighting, bends or folds. Text is readable, book is clean, and pages and cover mostly intact. May show normal wear and tear. Item may be missing CD. May include library marks. Fast Shipping.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Publicado por Crown Publishing Group, The, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por Crown Publishing Group, The, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Reprint. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.
Publicado por Crown Publishing Group, The, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65.
Publicado por Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.8.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
Publicado por Broadway Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Soft Cover. Condición: new.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publicado por Penguin Random House, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
Publicado por Penguin Random House, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Brand New.
Publicado por Crown Publishing Group, The, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Reprint. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.8.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.8.
Publicado por Random House USA Inc, New York, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Based on the author's widely discussed article for Scientific American, this accessible book is for readers of popular science who are interested in the physical world and what we know (and don't know) about the physical properties of matter.Did you know-. It took more than an iceberg to sink the Titanic. The Challenger disaster was predicted. Unbreakable glass dinnerware had its origin in railroad lanterns. A football team cannot lose momentum. Mercury thermometers are prohibited on airplanes for a crucial reason. Kryptonite bicycle locks are easily broken."Things fall apart" is more than a poetic insight-it is a fundamental property of the physical world. Why Things Break explores the fascinating question of what holds things together (for a while), what breaks them apart, and why the answers have a direct bearing on our everyday lives.When Mark Eberhart was growing up in the 1960s, he learned that splitting an atom leads to a terrible explosion-which prompted him to worry that when he cut into a stick of butter, he would inadvertently unleash a nuclear cataclysm. Years later, as a chemistry professor, he remembered this childhood fear when he began to ponder the fact that we know more about how to split an atom than we do about how a pane of glass breaks.In Why Things Break, Eberhart leads us on a remarkable and entertaining exploration of all the cracks, clefts, fissures, and faults examined in the field of materials science and the many astonishing discoveries that have been made about everything from the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger to the crashing of your hard drive. Understanding why things break is crucial to modern life on every level, from personal safety to macroeconomics, but as Eberhart reveals here, it is also an area of cutting-edge science that is as provocative as it is illuminating."An engaging personal account not just of the physics and chemistry of materials but of the ethics, economics, and politics of innovation, with delightful bonuses on topics from the origins of 'ghostly' noises in old houses to the amazing coevolution of armor and armor-piercing projectiles. If it ain't broke, Mark Eberhart can tell you why-and explain equally well why a shatterproof world remains beyond our reach."-Edward Tenner, author of Our Own Devices and Why Things Bite Back"I don't remember a book that has taught me so much, nor previously encountering a teacher like the marvelous Mark Eberhart, who in Why Things Break provides enlightening and thoroughly captivating scientific explanations of subjects ranging from the structural failures leading to the sinking of the Titanic to everyday, no-less-fascinating topics such as the reason why, even at the same temperature, winter days always seem so much colder in Boston than in Denver."-Richard Restak, M.D., author of Mozart's Brain and The Fighter Pilot"Eberhart brings his insights to the reader by weaving personal anecdotes-from his childhood fear that cutting a stick of butter would release the energy of the atoms within to his arrival in Boston for an interview with MIT without a suitable winter coat-into a fascinating discussion of the forces that hold atoms and molecules together. A lively, unvarnished look at chemistry on the cutting edge."-Kirkus Reviews A fascinating exploration of what holds things together, what breaks them apart, and what this means in terms of our everyday lives explains what the field of materials science has revealed about cracks, fissures, faults, and other "materials failures" and what this means in terms of everything fro Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Random House, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Books Puddle, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. pp. 272.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Reino Unido
PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: NEW. Brand New Copy.
Publicado por Three Rivers Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: Monster Bookshop, Fleckney, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: NEW. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Publicado por Crown, 2004
ISBN 10: 1400048834 ISBN 13: 9781400048830
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.