Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. With clarity and humor, world-leading materials scientist Mark Miodownik answers all the questions you’ve ever had about your pens, spoons, and razor blades, while also introducing a whole world full of materials you’ve never even heard of: the diamond five times the size of Earth concrete cloth that can be molded into any shape and graphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence-only a single atom thick. 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? Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
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