Very interesting. For the most part, a breezy overview of rust and why we should care. The Alaskan pipeline chapters were the most in depth and made me think a lot more about Alaska and how dependent the entire state is on oil. Funny here and there and interesting throughout ( )

I've got to find more books by this guy. He made rust interesting. ( )

This is a wonderful book! You don't need a science background to enjoy this look at rust. The author takes a number of different viewpoints on it and all were fascinating!

The first chapter covers the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and I were creating a course pack for a general chemistry class that including electrochemistry, I would want to include this chapter. Electrochemistry is one of my weakest areas as a general chemistry instructor and the author presented it in an easy-to-read and understand way that I found to be very useful.

Another chapter covered cans- primarily aluminum cans. I learned that creating aluminum cans is an extremely engineered process. Heck, there's even a can school! How cool is that?

Another chapter looks at rust from an artist's viewpoint.

Anyway, read this book. ( )

Pretty interesting book on the titular topic. It was eye opening how much rust and corrosion effects society, in a sneaky, under the radar way. The chapter on soda cans was fascinating. Environmental issues were not touched on at all which I felt was a missed opportunity. There is some science, but for the most part the author writes as a layman, and even displays a droll sense of humor, which was fun, Worthwhile read. ( )

A reasonably riveting read. It ambles leisurely and changes focus from history to science onto art and engineering and it serves the subject matter well. Previous interest in rust not a prerequisite to enjoying this book. ( )