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New York Times Bestseller bull New York Times Notable Book bull Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books ldquoA thrilling account of the modern material worldrdquo mdashWall Street Journal quotMiodownik a materials scientist explains the history and science behind things such as paper glass chocolate and concrete with an infectious enthusiasmquot mdashScientific American Why is glass see-through What makes elastic stretchy Why does any material look and behave the way it does These are the sorts of questions that renowned materials scientist Mark Miodownik constantly asks himself Miodownik studies objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world In Stuff Matters Miodownik explores the materials he encounters in a typical morning from the steel in his razor to the foam in his sneakers Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way quotStuff Matters is about hidden wonders the astonishing properties of materials we think boring banal and unworthy of attentionIts possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere but like the best chocolatiers Miodownik gets the blend rightquot mdashNew York Times Book Review.



About the Author

Mark Miodownik

Mark Miodownik is the UCL Professor of Materials & Society. He received his Ph.D in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University, and has worked as a materials engineer in the USA, Ireland and the UK. For more than fifteen years he has championed materials science research that links to the arts and humanities, medicine, and society. This culminated in the establishment of the UCL Institute of Making, where he is a director and runs the research programme. Mark is also the multi-award winning author of the book Stuff Matters and regularly presents BBC TV and radio programmes on materials science and engineering. In 2014 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2018 he was awarded an MBE for services to materials science, engineering and broadcasting.



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