New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Notable Book 2014 - Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
"A thrilling account of the modern material world." --Wall Street Journal
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm." --Scientific American
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions...
New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Notable Book 2014 - Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Timesbest-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid ';stuff.'
Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Timesbest-selling author of Stuff Ma...
