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Stuff Matters : Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World Hardcover - 2014
by Mark Miodownik
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- Good
- Hardcover
An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, from concrete and steel to denim and chocolate, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science
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- Title Stuff Matters : Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- Author Mark Miodownik
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 252
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0544236041I3N01
- ISBN 9780544236042 / 0544236041
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013047575
- Dewey Decimal Code 620.11
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Summary
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paperclip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does?With clarity and humor, world-leading materials scientist Mark Miodownik answers all the questions you’ve ever had about your pens, spoons, and razor blades, while also introducing a whole world full of materials you’ve never even heard of: the diamond five times the size of Earth; concrete cloth that can be molded into any shape; and graphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence—only a single atom thick.
Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives. As engaging as it is incisive, Stuff Matters will make you see the materials that surround you with new eyes.