本書收集了倫敦帝國學院六位教授的就職講座,所涉及的內容都是作者從事多年的研究領域,包括該領域的綜述、主要特點及其重要性。內容包括界面工程、材料脆性、金屬強度和形變、磨擦和潤滑、電工材料和生物材料等。
讀者對象:材料科學領域的科學家和工程技術人員。
Newly appointed or newly promoted professors at Imperial College are required to give an inaugural lecture on a subject of their choosing. The professors inevitably talk about areas of their subject on which they are expert, but the lectures are presented in such a way that they appeal to a wide ranging audience, from those who have little knowledge of the subject to those who are comparatively expert in the field. These written versions of six such lectures are aimed at readers who have some knowledge of, and interest in, materials science and engineering. They should also be of interest to those who are well versed in the subject.