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Supported by a generous quantity of full-color illustrations and interesting sidebars, Solid Matter introduces the basic characteristics and properties of solid matter. It briefly describes the cosmic connection of the elements, leading readers through several key events in human pre-history that resulted in more advanced uses of matter in the solid state.
Chapters include:
-Solid Matter: An Initial Perspective
-Physical Behavior of Matter
-The Gravity of Matter
-Fundamentals of Materials Science
-Rocks and Minerals
-Metals
-Building Materials
-Carbon Earth's Most Versatile Element
-Sand, Silicon, and Ceramics
-Polymers, Soft Matter, and Composites.
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About the Author:
JOSEPH A. ANGELO, JR., a retired U.S. Air Force officer (lieutenant colonel), is currently a consulting futurist and technical writer. He has a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Arizona and served as a nuclear research officer in the U.S. Air Force (1967-1987) in a variety of scientific positions involving nuclear weapons development and nuclear treaty monitoring. He is also an adjunct professor in the College of Engineering at Florida Tech, specializing in nuclear radiation protection and waste management. Dr. Angelo is the author of 15 other technical books, including Space Technology (Greenwood, 2003) and Space Nuclear Power (co-authored with David Buden).
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- PublisherFacts on File
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0816076103
- ISBN 13 9780816076109
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages212
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