Broken Strong

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway

According to Wikipedia’s “Metals of antiquity ” page, copper was the first metal mined and crafted by humans around 9000 BC. And over thousands of years, we’ve continually honed our knowledge of metallurgy, including the trade-offs that come with how to make metals more hard or tough. This blog post, “Understanding the Science of Metal Strength: Hardness vs. Toughness vs. Ductility ” from the Coastal Metals website, is a nice introduction to “the concept of ‘metal strength’ [and how it] isn’t a one-size-fits-all measurement. Instead, it is divided into different material properties, including hardness, toughness, and ductility—each influencing how a metal behaves under different conditions.”

About the author

Ernest Hemingway : (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.