
Rust
The Longest War
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Christopher Lane
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Jonathan Waldman
A thrilling drama of man versus nature, detailing the fierce, ongoing fight against the mightiest and unlikeliest enemy: rust.
It has been called "the great destroyer" and "the evil". The Pentagon refers to it as "the pervasive menace". It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house fires, and nearly brought down the Statue of Liberty. Rust costs America more than $400 billion per year--more than all other natural disasters combined.
In Rust journalist Jonathan Waldman travels from Key West, Florida, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to meet the colorful and often reclusive people concerned with corrosion. He sneaks into an abandoned steelworks with a brave artist and nearly gets kicked out of Can School. Across the Arctic he follows a massive high-tech robot, hunting for rust in the Alaska pipeline. On a Florida film set, he meets the Defense Department's rust ambassador, who reveals that the navy's number-one foe isn't a foreign country but oxidation itself. At Home Depot's mothership in Atlanta, he hunts unsuccessfully for rust products with the store's rust products buyer--and then tracks down some snake-oil salesmen whose potions are not for sale at The Rust Store. Along the way Waldman encounters flying pigs, Trekkies, decapitations, exploding Coke cans, rust boogers, and nerdy superheroes.
The result is a fresh and often funny account of an overlooked engineering endeavor that is as compelling 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 narrative nonfiction at its very best--a fascinating and important subject delivered with energy and wit.
©2015 Jonathan Waldman (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Author did a great job exploring how rust affect everyone of us. I look forward to his next book.Easy Listen, Interesting and Holds your attention
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really interesting topic, well told...
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I was hoping for more science
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Brilliant
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I am kind of a geek about certain things but this book was written in an activist style.
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Fantastic Read - Must Read for Engineers
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I'll probably listen to this a few more times. Fantastic narration and fantastic writing.
Human Stories in Corrosion
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Metallurgy
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Narration is wonderful with perfect deadpan one liners as to be expected from a comedian.
Interesting story
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I feel the narrator was absolutely perfect for this book and I did not notice any production issues at all.
Halfway through the book I ended up looking for information on the author purchased his next book and am looking forward to it.
I will also have a look for more books read by Christopher Lane.
Very enjoyable
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