Materials Science

This classic text has provided a standard introduction to materials science for engineering and science students for nearly 30 years. The book gives a basic grounding in the fundamental physics required for an understanding of the ways in which materials behave.Full coverage is given of the mechanical and electromagnetic properties of a wide range of engineering materials, from ceramics and polymers to semiconductors, piezoelectics and glasses for optical fibres.Leaver, Keith D. is the author of 'Materials Science', published 1990 under ISBN 9780748740772 and ISBN 0748740775.