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Stuff Matters

Name: Stuff Matters
Brand: Penguin
SKU: DTRPRUK-9780241955185
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Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

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Edition: GB - Paperback / softback

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272 pages • 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.7 公分

Approx. weight: 0.22 kg

Publication date: 06 Mar,2014

Barcode/ ISBN: 9780241955185 • Penguin

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By: Mark Miodownik

In this New York Times Notable Book, "Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm."—Scientific American

Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books

Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that renowned materials scientist and New York Times bestselling author Mark Miodownik constantly asks himself. 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 Stuff Matters, Miodownik explores the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor to the foam in his sneakers. Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, his stories of analysis will make you see stuff in a whole new way.

"Stuff Matters is about hidden wonders, the astonishing properties of materials we think boring, banal, and unworthy of attention...It's possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere, but like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the blend right."—New York Times Book Review