Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik is a materials and society professor at University College London and the director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Stuff Matters, which received the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award for Books and the Royal Society Winton Prize. Mark writes regularly for the Guardian, hosts regular BBC broadcasts, and was named one of the UK's top one hundred scientists by the Times.

Why is glass transparent? What causes elastic to stretch? Why does a material appear and behave in the way that it does? These are the kinds of questions that renowned materials scientist and New York Times bestselling author Mark Miodownik asks himself on a regular basis. He discovers the amazing secrets that keep our physical world together by studying materials as mundane as an envelope and as unusual as solid cloth.

In Stuff Matters, Miodownik investigates the things he comes into contact with on a daily basis, from the steel in his razor to the foam in his footwear. His stories of analysis will make you see things in a whole new light, full of captivating tales of engineering miracles that pervade our lives.

Author: Mark Miodownik

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Matters-Exploring-Marvelous-Materials/dp/0544483944/

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