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Stuff Matters Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

Paperback • 2015 • English

Stuff Matters Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

By Mark Miodownik

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About the book

New York Times Notable Book 2014 Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm. Scientific American 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 Mark Miodownik constantly asks himself. Miodow...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780544483941

Publisher

Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Stuff Matters Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

Format

Paperback

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