John O. (buzzby) -
Mostly about quantum mechanics, which means that it's mostly about atoms and sub-atomic han particles breaking apart, rather than classic engineering discussion, which means it's about 40 years to late for this brittle mind to understand.
Chuck B. (chucker2010) reviewed Why Things Break : Understanding the World By the Way It Comes Apart on + 21 more book reviews
Until now I thought statistical mechanics meant getting three estimates to have your car repaired. This book explains WHY things break rather than WHEN.
(Reviewed for the Charleston, SC POST AND COURIER newspaper in 2004).
(Reviewed for the Charleston, SC POST AND COURIER newspaper in 2004).
