Re: Is Anybody Actually Thinking??? Or just firing off quips

From: jim beam (nospam_at_example.net)
Date: 11/08/04


Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:12:06 -0800

jbuch wrote:
> aSkeptic wrote:
>
>> ok
>>
>> I will shut up more
>>
>> *-----------------------*
>> Posted at:
>> www.GroupSrv.com
>> *-----------------------*
>
>
>
> If you want to be able to contribute more knowingly, here are a few
> suggestions. Almost All from Amazon.com ...
>
> These would be good for many of the "Materials As A Hobby" individuals
> as well.
>
>
>
>
> Materials and Design: The art and Science of Materials Selection in
> Design by M F Ashby
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0750655542/ref=pd_sim_books_1/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books
>
>
> Ultra Light - Super Strong: A New Generation of Design Materials by
> Nicola Stattmann
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3764324171/qid=1099880216/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
>
>
> The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor
> by James Edward Gordon
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691023808/qid=1099880216/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
>
>
> Engineer to Win: The Essential Guide to Racing Car Materials Technology
> or How to Build Winners Which Don't Break (3747ap)
> by Carroll Smith
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879381868/qid=1099880756/sr=2-3/ref=pd_ka_b_2_3/002-2858614-0008829
>
>
>
> Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection (7th Edition)
> by Kenneth G. Budinski, Michael K. Budinski [ Used for as little as $15]
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130305332/qid=1099881682/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books
>
>
>
> Materials Science and Engineering : An Introduction
> by William D. Callister .... used for as little as $5
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471135763/qid=1099881065/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
>
>
> Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering
> by William F. Smith, William Smith [Older editions as little as $15.00]
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072921943/qid=1099881065/sr=8-12/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i12_xgl14/002-2858614-0008829?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
>
> Carroll Smith and J E Gordon are particularly readable. M F Ashby and
> his view of materials selection will provide you with an insight and
> overview that you will find nowhere else. Gordon's other books are
> really good and a little repetitive to his first one.
>
>
> Ashby has some older textbooks that are indeed excellent as well.
>

you should post that on wreck.bicycles.tech as well.



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