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

Mark Miodownik

eBook - 2014

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 BooksWhy 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 of materials engineering that hold together our physical world.In Stuff Matters, Miodo...wnik delivers a fascinating work of popular science, exploring the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor to the foam in his sneakers. Full of enthralling... more