Stuff matters exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world

"Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paperclip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does?With clarity and humor, world-leading materials scientist Mark Miodownik answers all the questions you've ever had about your pens, spoons, and razor bla...

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Main Author: Miodownik, Mark (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Indomitable
  • Trusted
  • Fundamental
  • Delicious
  • Marvelous
  • Imaginative
  • Invisible
  • Unbreakable
  • Refined
  • Immortal
  • Synthesis.