Stuff Matters by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity. 'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives' Guardian Everything is made of something... From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, Stuff Matters reveals the inner workings of the man-made world, the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day. From the tea-cup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, from the ancient technologies of fabrics and ceramic to today's self-healing metals and bionic implants, this is a book to inspire amazement and delight at mankind's creativity. 'A certain sort of madness may be necessary to pull off what he has attempted here, which is a wholesale animation of the inanimate: Miodownik achieves precisely what he sets out to' The Times 'Insightful, fascinating. The futuristic materials will elicit gasps. Makes even the most everyday substance seem exciting' Sunday Times 'Wonderful. Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle' Financial Times 'I stayed up all night reading this book' Oliver Sacks 'Expert, deftly written, immensely enjoyable' Observer Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at UCL, scientist-in-residence on Dara O Briain's Science Club (BBC2) and presenter of several documentaries, including The Genius of Invention (BBC2). In 2010, he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, broadcast on BBC4. He is Director of the UCL Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth, and has collaborated to make interactive events with many museums, such as Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and Wellcome Collection. In 2014 Stuff Matters won the Royal Society Winton Prize.
Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at UCL, scientist-in-residence on Dara O Briain's Science Club (BBC2) and presenter of several documentaries, including The Genius of Invention (BBC2). In 2010, he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, broadcast on BBC4. He is Director of the UCL Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth, and has collaborated to make interactive events with many museums, such as Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and Wellcome Collection.
科普类《10種物質改變世界》,Stuff Matters:Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World,作者Mark Miodownik 。科普类图书是我的最爱。我厌倦了中国古代史中帝王将相为了争夺权力打打杀杀,看不到这种争斗对人类有任何帮助。一个社会的历史不仅是一部...
评分 评分 评分一部人类的文明发展史,很大程度上可以说就是一部从自然材料到人造材料的发展、应用的历史。比如说,石器时代就远逊于青铜时代;而当青铜遇到了铁,生产力发展的先后也就泾渭分明了;等到了尼龙时代、碳材料时代等现在很难说是什么样时代的当下以及未来,材料的重要性就更不需...
有趣!
评分内容涉猎广泛,叙述浅显易懂。
评分Brilliantly laying out all those fun parts of matrial science.
评分年度最喜欢的书!把很geeky很technical的东西讲得那么人文那么有爱,实在太是我的菜了。简直可以想像作者是个渊博有趣的大叔(未来一定是我喜欢的那种可爱老头)。
评分好书!
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