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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

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  • Jun 6, 2013
  • #MaterialsScience
Mark Miodownik
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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? What makes elastic stretchy? Why... Show More

An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik a globally-renowned materials scientist has spent his life exploring In this book he examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper.

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Number of Pages: 272

ISBN: 0544236041

ISBN-13: 9780544236042

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