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Author:
Winkless, Laurie, author.
Title:
Sticky : the secret science of surfaces / Laurie Winkless.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Sigma,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
336 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Surfaces (Technology)
Friction.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General).
Surfaces (Technologie)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)
Friction
Surfaces (Technology)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"-- Amazon.com.
Series:
Bloombury Sigma Series
ISBN:
1472950852
9781472950857
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1310770082
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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