Fracture and life [electronic resource] / Brian Cotterell.

9781848162822
1848162820
9781848162839 (e-book)

London : Imperial College Press, c2010.

English

xxviii, 471 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

TA409 .C68 2010eb

This book is an interdisciplinary review of the effect of fracture on life, following the development of the understanding of fracture written from a historical perspective. After a short introduction to fracture, the first section of the book covers the effects of fracture on the evolution of the Earth, plants and animals, and man. The second section of the book covers the largely empirical control of fracture from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century. The final section reviews the development of fracture theory as a discipline and its application during the twentieth century through to the present time.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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