Sticky : The Secret Science of Surfaces
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ISBN: 9781472950840
Author | Winkless, Laurie |
Pub Date | 11/11/2021 |
Binding | Trade PB |
Country | IRL |
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Quick overview At the scale of atoms and molecules, things often like to stick together. But these tiny interactions don't just matter at the nanoscale; working together, they produce some important larger-scale forces. Like friction, for example: the force that keeps cars on the road, trains on the tracks and our feet on the ground; or drag, a phenomenon encountered by anything moving through water or air.