Cotterill, Rodney,  1933-2007 <br/><br/>
The material world / 
Rodney Cotterill. 
 - New expanded ed. 
 - x, 593 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index.  Previous ed.: published as The Cambridge guide to the material world. 1985. 
<br/><br/>_The great mediator: water --<br/>_To the organic world: carbon --  Solo atoms: electrons, nuclei and quanta --  Atomic duets: the chemical bond --  Atoms in concert: states of matter --  Patterns within patterns: perfect crystals --  The inevitable flaw: imperfect crystals --  From mine, quarry and well: minerals --  Almost forever: Ceramics --  Monarchs of the cave: metals --  The busy electron: conductors and insulators --  A mysterious harmony: glass --  Strangeness in proportion: liquid crystals --  Of snakes and ladders: polymers --  The vital threads: biopolymers --  The essential bag: the cell --  Mortal coils: the organism --  A place in the Sun: the plant --  Mandatory hunter: the animal --  Enchanted loom: the mind --  Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521451475 (hardback) 0521451477 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Matter--Properties<br/>Madde--Özellikler
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC173.3  / .C68 2008