Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
It's happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. Rust takes on the many meanings of this oxidized substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabate´ combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he
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Continuing to provide excellent, state-of-the-art information on corrosion and practical solutions for reducing corrosion, the second edition contains valuable suggestions on how to select the best construction material for a specific application, choose an appropriate initial design to avoid inherent corrosion pitfalls, determine what corrosion problems may exist or develop, as well as the possible extent of the problems and extablish practices to...