The New Science of Strong Materials
by James Edward Gordon · first published 1968
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…put the history in context, it’s nice to have some basic understanding of the physics/engineering involved in holding things together. As no kind of expert myself, I really enjoyed JE Gordon’s book The New Science of Strong Materials. It’s a nice easy-to-read introduction, I’d guess about 250 pages long, and talks about not only iron and steel, but also wood, glass, etc. I also liked his later book Structures, which is somewhat overlapping…
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