Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World
Mark Miodownik
Sep 2018 · Penguin · Narrated by Daniel Weyman
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik, read by Daniel Weyman.
A unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity from one of the UK's best-known scientists
Everything is made of something...
From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, Stuff Matters reveals the inner workings of the man-made world, and the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day.
From the tea-cup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, from the ancient technologies of fabrics and ceramic to today's self-healing metals and bionic implants, this is a book to inspire amazement and delight at mankind's creativity.
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Joel Taplin
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August 7, 2022
Some of these were great, and others were less significant. I really enjoyed his chapters on steel and cement. However I wasn't quite sure chocolate deserved a place in here and would have preferred hearing more about some of the other materials he covered.
Anil Das
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February 17, 2021
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About the author
A Financial Times Master of Science and chosen by The Times as one of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK, Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at University College London, where he is also Director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the book Stuff Matters – a New York Times bestseller which won the Royal Society Winton Prize – and Liquid, which was shortlisted for the same prize. He presents BBC TV and radio programmes on science and engineering such as Everyday Miracles and How It Works.
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