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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
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"Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paperclip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? With clarity and humor, world-leading materials scientist Mark Miodownik answers all the questions you've ever had about your pens, spoons, and razor blades, while also introducing a whole world full of materials you've never even heard of: the diamond five times the size of Earth; concrete cloth that can be molded...
4) Paper
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Text and color illustrations explore the science and technology of paper.
5) Glass
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Text and color illustrations explore the science and technology of glass.
6) Plastic
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Text and color illustrations explore the science and technology of plastic.
7) Metal
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Text and color illustrations explore the science and technology of metal.
8) Wood
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"Where does wood come from? Learn how this material is made and used ... guide[s] readers through real-world applications to art and technology."--Publisher.
10) Materials
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Provides an overview of the chemical properties of various materials, how they are used, and how they change over time.
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Recent decades have seen an explosion in the field of materials science, with the advent of new substances and newly found uses for known substances, intriguing scientists and industrial manufacturers alike. Using footage from the Horizon television series archives, this program reviews the advances that have shaped the modern materials age, with a look at uranium, manganese nodules, helium-3, superplastic metals, the discovery of superconductivity,...
14) Squash it!
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Provides real world examples and practical projects to help young readers discover material properties, describing which materials can be squashed and what can be made with those materials.
15) Stretch it!
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Provides real world examples and practical projects to help young readers discover material properties, describing which materials can be stretched and what can be made with those materials.
16) Twist it!
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Provides real world examples and practical projects to help young readers discover material properties, describing which materials can be twisted and what can be made with those materials.
17) Bend it!
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Provides real world examples and practical projects to help young readers discover material properties, describing which materials can bend and what can be made with those materials.
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"You might be surprised at the huge variety of materials we use every day, in the places we live, the vehicles we use, the clothes we wear, and in preparing the food we eat. This book explores how materials engineers research, design, and develop the materials needed to make these products a reality. Readers will also learn how to combine their understanding of materials science and the engineering design process to tackle a design challenge of their...
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Professor Mark Miodownik provides an insight into the genius design techniques that contributed to the invention and production of everyday objects often taken for granted. He begins by focusing on items found in the home, including razor blades, tights, plywood, and foam rubber.
20) Plastic
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Science has created more new materials in the last 100 years than in all of the rest of history - and this is just the beginning. In this program, materials scientist Dr. Mark Miodownik explores the history, production, and use of plastic, including a new generation that takes its inspiration from nature.