Rust: The Longest War
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (530 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451691602 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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In doing so, he adds luster to a substance considered synonymous with dullness.” —Scientific American“Arresting A book of nonstop eye-opening surprises Brilliantly written and fascinating.” —Booklist“A mix of reporting and history lesson that never gets boring Impossible to put down.” —Men’s Journal“The story of corrosion is in some ways the story of Western civilization—the outsized ambitions, the hubris and folly, the eccentric geniuses and dreamer geeks who changed the world. Part adventure, part intellectual exploration, part pure fun, it will make you see both rust and life on earth in a new way.” —Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook"It is often said that in the Future we will live in the C
He lives in Colorado. A Ted Scripps Fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado, Jonathan Waldman grew up in Washington, DC, studied environmental science and writing at Dartmouth, and earned a master’s degree from Boston University’s Knight Center for Science Journalism in 2003. He has spent the last decade writing creatively about science, culture, and politics for Outside, The Washington
People of Rust Except for its first couple of chapters this isn't really a book about rust. It is a series of character sketches about people who somehow have something to do with rust. We read, for example, a biography of one of the early English developers of stainless steel. We spend an afternoon with the author as he accompanies a lady who takes pictures of rust; we do not accompany the lady - the focus is on the author. Another author-focused chapter concerns his adventures at Can School (an annual symposi. I should have checked the reviews. If we're to imagine that a book is like the author sitting down with us and telling a story, Mr. Waldman must be hard pressed to remain on point.I did learn a couple new things from this book, but it wasn't want I was hoping to learn and I don't find it very entertaining or valuable. With an evocative title like 'Rust' I had high hopes that this would center around reduction/oxidation in a bit greater detail. Instead, we're left with disjointed suggestions that the coatings on aluminum cans are f. "This book is like the script or commentary for a five-part "RUST" documentary" according to kyounghwa esther sung. I was mesmerized at first, with the title of this book and the rust picture on the cover. But not my thing was the way the author expressed his experience and the materials garnered from people and events involved with any of corrosion. This book is like the script or commentary for a five-part "RUST" documentary, rather like a heaving pile of unsorted precious papers.For Jonathan Waldman, the thick-bearded and sharp-looking author of this book, loving all rust-things so much, it would be hard to
Along the way, Waldman recounts stories of flying pigs, Trekkies, rust boogers, and unlikely superheroes.The result is a man-versus-nature tale that’s as fascinating as it is grand, illuminating a hidden phenomenon that shapes the modern world. In Texas, he finds a corrosion engineer named Rusty, and in Colorado, he learns of the animosity between the galvanizing industry and the paint army. In Rust, Waldman travels from Key West to Prudhoe Bay, meeting people concerned with corrosion. Rust affects everything from the design of our currency to the composition of our tap water, and it will determine the legacy we leave on this planet. It is rust—and this book, full of wit and insight, disasters and triumphs—is its story.“Jonathan Waldman’s first book is as ob