本书收集了伦敦帝国学院六位教授的就职讲座，所涉及的内容都是作者从事多年的研究领域，包括该领域的综述、主要特点及其重要性。内容包括界面工程、材料脆性、金属强度和形变、磨擦和润滑、电工材料和生物材料等。
读者对象：材料科学领域的科学家和工程技术人员。
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.
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