{"product_id":"stuff-matters-exploring-the-marvelous-materials-that-shape-our-man-made-world","title":"Stuff Matters Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy 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 is constantly asking himself. A globally-renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStuff Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, Miodownik entertainingly 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. He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe imprisoned alchemist who saved himself from execution by creating the first European porcelain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hidden gem of the Milky Way, a planet five times the size of Earth, made entirely of diamond.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence--only a single atom thick--that could be used to make entire buildings sensitive to touch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eFrom the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, our lives are overflowing with materials. Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, \u003ci\u003eStuff Matters\u003c\/i\u003e will make you see stuff in a whole new way.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48009402908927,"sku":"*R0030574*","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/20894433482381.jpg?v=1767641811","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/stuff-matters-exploring-the-marvelous-materials-that-shape-our-man-made-world","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}