Sticky : the secret science of surfaces /
Winkless, Laurie,
Sticky : the secret science of surfaces / Laurie Winkless. - 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page [313]-326) and index.
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.--
9781472950833 1472950836
Surfaces (Technology)
Sticky : the secret science of surfaces / Laurie Winkless. - 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page [313]-326) and index.
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.--
9781472950833 1472950836
Surfaces (Technology)