Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Book by Mark Miodownik
A New York Times BestsellerAn eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating scienceWhy is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why... Google Books
Originally published: 2013
Author: Mark Miodownik
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The book is highly readable and engaging and gives an excellent introduction to a subject we should all know about. Stuff Matters picks several materials that ...
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An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through?
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Feb 5, 2023 · In daily life, we are surrounded by materials. They make up in our clothes, our food, our homes, and our transport systems.
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In this New York Times Notable Book, "Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, ...
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Studying objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, he uncovers the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world. In ...
Jul 25, 2014 · The answer is that materials have inner lives. Materials are seen as solids, but inside they are fluid. They transform, often puzzlingly, so ...
A globally renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring ob- jects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, ...
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Mar 17, 2015 · A compact, intense guided tour through a handful of physical materials, from concrete to chocolate, revealing what makes them profoundly affect ...
A New York Times Bestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating ...