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

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

Mark Miodownik

256 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
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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 New York Ti...

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reflective: 21%

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adventurous: 5%

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