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An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik a globally-renowned materials scientist has spent his life exploring In this book he examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper.
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Stuff Matters, Mark Miodownik
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2014
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- Titel
- Stuff Matters
- Ondertitel
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Mark Miodownik
- Uitgever
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2014
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0544236041
- ISBN13
- 9780544236042
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Historisch thema, Wetenschap, Verenigde Staten, Technologie, Design, Fysica, Chemie, Werktuigbouwkunde, Bestsellers, Dějiny techniky
- Aantekening
- An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik a globally-renowned materials scientist has spent his life exploring In this book he examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper.