Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik

Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Mark Miodownik

272 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
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Everything is made of something. The everyday objects: paper clips, the textiles that make your clothesand the cups you drink from. The extraordinary new materials: self-healing metals, silicon chips and bionic implants paving the future. Stuff Ma...

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funny: 20%

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adventurous: 6%

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