{"product_id":"9780241955185-stuff-matters","title":"Stuff Matters","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of human creativity. From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, it reveals the inner workings of the man-made world, the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e* * *  \u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books  * * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuff Matters\u003c\/i\u003e by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything is made of something.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, \u003ci\u003eStuff Matters\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inner workings of the man-made world, the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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'  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Insightful, fascinating. The futuristic materials will elicit gasps. Makes even the most everyday substance seem exciting'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful. Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I stayed up all night reading this book'  Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Expert, deftly written, immensely enjoyable'  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Miodownik\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Materials and Society at UCL, scientist-in-residence on \u003ci\u003eDara O Briain's Science Club\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC2) and presenter of several documentaries, including \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Invention\u003c\/i\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eStuff Matters \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Royal Society Winton Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30343401046113,"sku":"9780241955185","price":5.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34354534_f6a58cbb-57a6-40a5-b01d-24e4d35b2b2d.jpg?v=1747286697","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241955185-stuff-matters","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}