TY - GEN AU - Cotterill, Rodney, AU - Cotterill,Rodney TI - The material world SN - 9780521451475 (hardback) AV - QC173.3 .C68 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Matter KW - Properties KW - Madde KW - Özellikler KW - etuturkob N1 - Includes index; Previous ed.: published as The Cambridge guide to the material world. 1985; _The great mediator: water -- _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 ER -