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Title: Sliding Friction: Physical Principles and Applications (Springer Series in Nanoscience and Technology, 1) by Bo N. J. Persson ISBN: 3-540-63296-4 Publisher: Springer-Verlag Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $99.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Personal opinion: "Sliding Friction" by B.N.J. Persson
Comment: The book by B.N.J. Persson has a unique position in the field of tribology. It manages to bridge naturally many length scales phenomena into a single comprehensive frame work, from macroscopic mechanics of friction and wear down to atomic level. The book gives an excellent overview of current state of scientific knowledge, and it is very useful both for beginners in the field and experts. As a Ph.D student, the book helped me to get familiar and interested in the field, and it is still a major reference for many of the things I do.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent overview with emphasis on the physical principles
Comment: Many different mechanisms can give rise to energy dissipation is sliding friction, depending on whether you are dealing with dry friction, boundary lubrication, hydrodynamic lubrication, or maybe electronic friction. In Bo Persson's book the physical models that capture the essential mechanisms of each regime are clearly described. At the same time, the reader learns about many recent (as well as classical) experiments in the field, including a broad list of references . I recommend the book to both graduate students and anybody who is working in the field or interested in the physical mechanisms of sliding friction.

Rating: 5
Summary: Understanding friction
Comment: This book is an excellent introduction to the physics of sliding friction. It puts an emphasis on the microscopic mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of friction. Everything is explained in a very clear way. Mathematics is kept to a minimum and only used to clarify things. The book also covers, in contrast to traditional books on tribology, topics like the friction on superconductors. I can recommend this book to both experienced scientists and graduate students who are interested in the physics of friction. I am sure you will enjoy reading it. Have fun!

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