Substance of Civilization Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon

Name: Substance of Civilization Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon
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ISBN: 9781611454017

ISBN-10: 1611454018

ISBN-13: 9781611454017

Edition: 2011

Authors: Stephen L. Sass

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The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They have dictated how we build, eat, communicate, wage war, create art, travel, and worship. Some, such as stone, iron, and bronze, lend their names to the ages. Others, such as gold, silver, and diamond, contributed to the rise and fall of great empires. How would history have unfolded without glass, paper, steel, cement, or gunpowder?The impulse to master the properties of our material world and to invent new substances has remained unchanged from the dawn of time; it has guided and shaped the course of history. Sass shows us how substances and civilizations have evolved…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880

Stephen L. Sass is a professor of materials science and engineering at Cornell University, where he has won a number of teaching awards. He currently lives in Ithaca, New York.