MY FAVORITE MATERIALS
Words by Dr. James D. Livingston
Tune: "My Favorite Things", from "The Sound of Music" by Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Click here to play the tune in the background (courtesy of Walter McCabe)

Metals and alloys and things electronic
High-tech ceramics whose bonds are ionic
Polymer structures with long carbon strings
These are a few of my favorite things

 Superconductors and metallic glasses
Semiconductors and bronzes and brasses
Fiber composites for strong airplane wings
These are a few of my favorite things 

If you don't know - where to major
Here at MIT
You should consider material things
And you should join - course three!

 

Learn more about some of the topics mentioned:
Superconductors, metallic glasses, Fiber composites for strong airplane wings
MIT, course three

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