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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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Science

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Author

Mark Miodownik

Call Number

PL 683480 PNSJ 3169 2016

Accession Number

85010pl

PUBLICATION YEAR

2016

Keywords

Materials, Science, Everyday, Engineering, Properties

Book Summary

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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