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Sticky : the secret science of surfaces / Laurie Winkless.

By: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781472950833
  • 1472950836
  • 9781472950840
  • 1472950844
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 620/.44 23 W775
Contents:
Hello -- To stick or not to stick -- A gecko's grip -- Gone swimming -- Flying high -- Hit the road -- These shaky isles -- Break the ice -- The human touch -- Close contact.
Summary: "In Sticky, Laurie Winkless explores some of the ways that friction shapes both the manufactured and natural worlds, and describes how our understanding of surface science has given us an ability to manipulate stickiness, down to the level of a single atom"--
Item type: كتاب
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كتاب كتاب Central Library المكتبة المركزية 620.44 W775 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available قاعة الكتب 48399

Includes bibliographical references (page 313-326) and index.

Hello -- To stick or not to stick -- A gecko's grip -- Gone swimming -- Flying high -- Hit the road -- These shaky isles -- Break the ice -- The human touch -- Close contact.

"In Sticky, Laurie Winkless explores some of the ways that friction shapes both the manufactured and natural worlds, and describes how our understanding of surface science has given us an ability to manipulate stickiness, down to the level of a single atom"--