Description
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.
Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Length
1 min
Language
English
Published
Mar 1, 2021
Publisher
Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
Editions
33 editions
ISBN-13
9798200035083