The Resource Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik
Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik
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The item Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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?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. Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives. As engaging as it is incisive, Stuff Matters will make you see the materials that surround you with new eyes."--Publisher information
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 252 pages
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books Ltd 2013"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Refined
- Immortal
- Synthesis
- Indomitable
- Trusted
- Fundamental
- Delicious
- Marvelous
- Imaginative
- Invisible
- Unbreakable
- Isbn
- 9780544236042
- Label
- Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world
- Title
- Stuff matters
- Title remainder
- exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Miodownik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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?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. Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives. As engaging as it is incisive, Stuff Matters will make you see the materials that surround you with new eyes."--Publisher information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miodownik, Mark
- Dewey number
- 620.1/1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TA403.2
- LC item number
- .M56 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Materials science
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Materials science
- Werkstoffkunde
- Materials science
- Label
- Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books Ltd 2013"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Refined
- Immortal
- Synthesis
- Indomitable
- Trusted
- Fundamental
- Delicious
- Marvelous
- Imaginative
- Invisible
- Unbreakable
- Control code
- ocn864808844
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544236042
- Lccn
- 2013047575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780544236042
- (OCoLC)864808844
- Label
- Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our manmade world, Mark Miodownik
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books Ltd 2013"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Refined
- Immortal
- Synthesis
- Indomitable
- Trusted
- Fundamental
- Delicious
- Marvelous
- Imaginative
- Invisible
- Unbreakable
- Control code
- ocn864808844
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544236042
- Lccn
- 2013047575
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780544236042
- (OCoLC)864808844
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