Materials Engineering


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The Structure and Prop...
 
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H.W. Hayden
Structure and Properties of Engineering Alloys
A Practical Guide to Flexible Packaging
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Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction
Mechanics of Materials
When we're able to communicate in nature's language; when we're able to transcend the view that nature is a boundless entity; even transcending the building as the kernel of the architectural project; when we invite scientific inquiry and technological innovation, fusing atoms with bits and bits with genes - only then will the art of building enable new forms of interaction between humans and their environment. Only then will we be able to design, construct and evolve as equals. ...more
Neri Oxman

For centuries architects have been taught to sketch, model and build in three static dimensions - x, y and z. But the natural world offers contexts that are much more dimensionally complex and dynamic.
Neri Oxman

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