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Rust - The Longest War (Paperback)
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Rust - The Longest War (Paperback)
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List price R437
Loot Price R410
Discovery Miles 4 100
You Save R27 (6%)
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Rust has been called "the great destroyer," the "pervasive menace,"
and "the evil." "This look at corrosion-its causes, its
consequences, and especially the people devoted to combating it-is
wide-ranging and consistently engrossing" (The New York Times). It
is the hidden enemy, the one that challenges the very basis of
civilization. This entropic menace destroys cars, fells bridges,
sinks ships, sparks house fires, and nearly brought down the Statue
of Liberty's torch. It is rust-and this book, full of wit and
insight, disasters and triumphs-is its story. In Rust, Waldman
travels from Key West to Prudhoe Bay, meeting people concerned with
corrosion. He sneaks into an abandoned steelworks and nearly gets
kicked out of Can School. He follows a high-tech robot through an
arctic winter, hunting for rust in the Alaska pipeline. 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. 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. 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. This exploration of corrosion, and the
incredible lengths we go to fight it, is
"engrossing...brilliant...Watching things rust: who would have
thought it could be so exciting" (Natural History).
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