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Miodownik, a materials researcher, clarifies the set of experiences and science
behind things like paper, glass, chocolate, and cement with an irresistible
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The Winton Prize for Science Books was awarded to him by the
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Glass is translucent for a reason. What makes flexible stretchy? For what reason does any material look and acts how it does? These are such inquiries that prestigious materials researcher New York Times top-rated creator Mark Miodownik continually asks himself. Concentrating on objects as conventional as an envelope and as startling as substantial material, he reveals the intriguing mysteries that hold together our actual world.
His investigation descriptions will make you see things in a
whole different light, as they are filled with compelling anecdotes of the
supernatural happenings of design that permeate our lives.
"Stuff Matters is about secret ponders, the surprising
properties of materials we think exhausting, cliché, and scandalous of
attention...It's conceivable this science and these accounts have been told
somewhere else, yet like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the mix right.
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| Stuff Matters: The Amazing Materials That Shape Our Man-Made Planet is a book on the incredible materials that have shaped our world (Paperback) |
About the Author
MARK MIODOWNIK is the director of University College
London's Institute of Making and a material and social educator. His debut
book, Stuff Matters, was a New York Times bestseller that earned the National
Academy of Sciences Communication Award for Novels and the British Society's
Winton Prize. from the Royal Society, was his first book. Mark writes for the
Guardian regularly has regular BBC broadcasts and was named one of the top 100
researchers in the UK by the Times.
Acclaim For…
"Stuff Matters is about secret ponders, the remarkable
properties of materials we think exhausting, trite, and shameful of
attention...It's conceivable this science and these accounts have been told
somewhere else, however like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the mix
right." - "[Ordinary items] have observed their artist in Mark
Miodownik," writes the New York Times Book Review. An intriguing record
from the realm of cutting-edge materials... Despite my reluctance to examine
it, I thought that materials science was tedious and uninteresting. Stuff
Matters has adjusted my perspective; presently, I end up running my fingers
along with things and murmuring. Mr. Miodownik's exuberant, articulate book
changes the way one gander at the world." - Wall Street Journal
"Midownik jumps into each detail...[with] euphoric interest." - Entertainment
Weekly "Miodownik, a materials researcher, clarifies the set of
experiences and science behind things like paper, glass, chocolate, and cement
with an irresistible excitement." - Scientific American "Materials
researcher Miodownik interlaces clever vignettes of day to day existence in
London with subatomic conduct to clarify the accomplishments of designing that
brought us samurai blades, high rises, pool balls, and even chocolate. From
concrete in Roman design to iota thick graphene, Miodownik expands on a verifiable
system to provide perusers with a thought of future applications. Smart truly,
Stuff Matters might leave you taking a gander at windows rather than through
them." - Discover "Stuff Matters makes the hackneyed objects of our
day to day existences into an unending wellspring of miracle, dreams, and
probability." - Salon "Great storytelling...fascinating...a brilliant
book regarding a matter that is generally seldom expounded on." - Popular
Science "Engaging and informative...[Stuff Matters] follows through on
both the logical and individual levels. Its stories, welcoming exposition, and
strange part titles present both the writer and his field of examination,
materials science." - Dallas Morning News "I remained up the entire
evening perusing this book. Miodownik composes with such information, such
excitement, such an unmistakable love for his subject." - Oliver Sacks
created hallucinations. " This is an intriguing and useful chronicle of
the stuff of our daily life, including concrete, chocolate, paper, and
porcelain." - Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of Napoleon's Buttons: How 17
Molecules Changed History "It is something uncommon for a genuine
researcher to have the option to clarify how things work so obviously to the
layman and surprisingly more extraordinary to do as such in such an engaging
design. Nobody who peruses this book will take a gander at the world a
remarkable same once more." - Kate Ascher is the writer of The Works, The
Heights, and The Way to Go, among other works. [A] extraordinary collection of
materials that have shaped the modern world... Miodownik composes well enough
to create even the most significant shimmer." - From the Financial Times
"A deftly constructed, immensely fascinating small novel," says the
author. - Bystander (UK) "[Miodownik] manages to make even the mundane
appear fascinating." - The Sunday Times (UK) "Enchanting... a mission
to re-familiarize us with the miracles of the texture that supports our
lives." - Guardian (UK) "Entertaining...These materials make
captivating perusing." - Materials Today (UK) "An incredible glance
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Item Details
ISBN: 9780544483941
ISBN-10:
0544483944
Distributer:
Mariner Books
Pages: 272
Language: English
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