I dunno. Bits were fascinating. Bits were lucidly written. But maybe, to me, it was too scattered, too many miscellaneous short bits that didn't make a coherent & satisfying whole. Nothing I could really sink my teeth into. Plus, it's old, and there were a lot of sentences like this: 'By the time you read this, the 1999 Stardust spacecraft...' or 'Experiments are being run now, and once the data has been analyzed....'

I kinda wish Perkowitz had waited a decade to write, so we'd actually know more about the subject. And so I definitely do not recommend you buy this, sorry. But if you can get a copy from your library, it is well worth a skim. (get it? ;) ( )

Foam/Foamed materials