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Stuff Matters

Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

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  • 272 stránok
  • 10 hodin čítania

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An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik a globally-renowned materials scientist has spent his life exploring In this book he 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.

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Stuff Matters, Mark Miodownik

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Rok vydania
2014
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4,2
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Podtitul
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Jazyk
anglicky
Rok vydania
2014
Väzba
pevná
Počet strán
272
ISBN10
0544236041
ISBN13
9780544236042
Série
Hodnotenie
4,2 z 5
Anotácia
An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik a globally-renowned materials scientist has spent his life exploring In this book he 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.