Beschreibung
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.
Buchdetails
Format
Hörbuch
Länge
1 min
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Mar 1, 2021
Verlag
Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
Ausgaben
33 Ausgaben
ISBN-13
9798200035083