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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark MiodownikPublish date:2015-03-17Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780544483941ISBN-10:544483944UPC:9780544483941Book Category:Technology & Engineering, ScienceBook Subcategory:Materials Science, Applied Sciences, ChemistryBook Topic:InorganicSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC98ZS3K4K

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 Books


Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These...



Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780544483941ISBN-10:544483944UPC:9780544483941Book Category:Technology & Engineering, ScienceBook Subcategory:Materials Science, Applied Sciences, ChemistryBook Topic:InorganicSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC98ZS3K4K

MARK MIODOWNIK is a professor of materials and society at University College London. He is the director of the Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth.


Publisher: Mariner Books

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