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Mar 17, 2015 stuff matters by mark miodownik, 9780544483941, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Written by mark miodownik, audiobook narrated by michael page. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. In stuff matters, miodownik entertainingly 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. From plastics and porcelain to graphene and a lightasair solid, it never pays to take manmade. Excerpt from stuff matters by mark miodownik, plus links. Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, by mark miodownik.
These are the sorts of questions that mark miodownik is constantly asking him a new york. Verdict recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the materials that make up the world around them. This book is meant to make you think about all the stuff that surrounds you. Mark miodownik is professor of materials and society at ucl, scientistinresidence on dara o briains science club bbc2 and presenter of several documentaries, including the genius of invention bbc2.
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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. You may also wish to purchase from either amazon or blackwells. Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world follows the author on a journey of discovery as he studies ordinary objects to uncover fascinating secrets about the materials that hold our physical world together. Stuff matters gives the reader a glimpse into the engineering and properties of many of the critical materials that we encounter in day to day life. Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world. I first heard of stuff matters after scanning a random list of 2014s best audiobooks.
Stuff matters on apple books apple books apple apple. In 2010, he gave the royal institution christmas lectures, broadcast on bbc4. Nov 04, 2014 interview with mark miodownik, author of stuff matters. Many of these inventions are so familiar that we barely notice them. Stuff matters, by mark miodownik the new york times.
The volume includes many handson examples, not surprising coming from the director of the. Mark miodownik is professors of material and society at ucl and introduces the reader gently to his expertise leaving them with a newfound appreciation for physics. Launched the italian version of my book stuff matters at the genova science festval oct 2015. The strange stories of the marvellous materials that. A globallyrenowned materials scientist, miodownik has spent his life exploring. Read free book excerpt from stuff matters by mark miodownik, page 2 of 2. Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world written by mark miodownik which was published in 2066.
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