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