具體描述
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
2014年英國皇傢學會科學圖書奬。
Amaz*n 2014年度科學類選書。
《物理世界》2014年推薦科普書。
《紐約時報》2014年值得閱讀的一百本書之一。
★一部材料科學的頌歌，以高超的故事寫作手法，引導你步入材料學的神奇世界，探究身邊10種尋常之物背後激動人心的故事。
★ 將材料的科學知識和它們給人的感官感受組閤在一起，勾起人無限的好奇心，並從中發現詩意和美。
Author：Mark Miodownik
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (March 17, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0544483944
ISBN-13: 9780544483941
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
內容簡介
New York Times Bestseller ? New York Times Notable Book 2014 ? Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
“A thrilling account of the modern material world.” —Wall Street Journal
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm." —Scientific American
從茶杯、噴氣發動機到傢用電器、內褲，我們的生活充滿瞭材料。但你想過沒有，為什麼玻璃是透明的？是什麼讓橡皮筋有彈性？為什麼麯彆針會彎麯？為什麼不銹鋼不生銹？為什麼某一種材料做成的東西會長那樣？
世界頂*材料學大師帶你用材料科學傢的眼睛，以全新的方式看待你身邊的每一樣東西：鋼、紙、混凝土、巧剋力、塑料、玻璃、瓷器……
本書以淵博的知識和極富感染力的文字寫就。它不僅揭露瞭各種物質背後的神奇結構，還告訴我們隱藏在背後的精采故事。每一章介紹一種材料，輔以照片和手繪圖，極富可讀性和趣味性。
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that renowned materials scientist Mark Miodownik constantly asks himself. Miodownik studies objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world. In Stuff Matters, Miodownik explores the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor to the foam in his sneakers. Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way.
"Stuff Matters is about hidden wonders, the astonishing properties of materials we think boring, banal, and unworthy of attention...It's possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere, but like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the blend right." —New York Times Book Review
作者簡介
馬剋·米奧多尼剋：倫敦大學學院材料科學教授，英國皇傢工程學會會士，入選《泰晤士報》「英國百大影響力科學傢」。 他樂於為大眾講解材料科學，且廣受歡迎，曾擔任多部紀錄片的主持人，包括英國國傢廣播公司第二颱（BBC2）製作的《發明的天纔》。 2010年，他獲邀在科普界負盛名的英國皇傢科學院聖誕講座進行演講。
他也是倫敦大學學院製成研究中心主任，這個中心有一座材料館，收藏瞭地球上神奇的一些物質，並和多所博物館共同推齣互動節目，閤作夥伴包括泰特現代美術館（Tate Modern），黑沃德畫廊（Hayward Gallery）和威康收藏館（Wellcome Collection）等。
MARK MIODOWNIK is Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. He is the Director of the Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth.
Review
“Stuff Matters is about hidden wonders, the astonishing properties of materials we think boring, banal and unworthy of attention...It’s possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere, but like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the blend right." —The New York Times Book Review
"[Ordinary objects] have found their poet in Mark Miodownik...A thrilling account of the modern material world...Though I blush to recall it, once I had the impression that materials science was dull and pedestrian. Stuff Matters has changed my mind; now I find myself running my fingers along things and sighing. Mr. Miodownik's lively, eloquent book changes the way one looks at the world." —Wall Street Journal
"Midownik dives into every detail...[with] joyous curiosity." —Entertainment Weekly
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm." —Scientific American
"Materials scientist Miodownik intertwines humorous vignettes of daily life in London with subatomic behavior to explain the feats of engineering that brought us samurai swords, skyscrapers, pool balls and even chocolate. From concrete in Roman architecture to atom-thick graphene, Miodownik builds on a historical framework to give readers an idea of future applications. Clever in every sense of the word, Stuff Matters may leave you looking at windows rather than through them." —Discover
"Stuff Matters makes the seemingly banal objects of our everyday lives into an endless source of wonder, dreams and possibility." —Salon
"Superb storytelling...fascinating...a delightful book on a subject that is relatively rarely written about." —Popular Science
"Entertaining and informative...[Stuff Matters] delivers on both the scientific and personal levels. Its anecdotes, inviting prose and unusual chapter titles introduce both the author and his field of research, materials science." —Dallas Morning News
"I stayed up all night reading this book. Miodownik writes with such knowledge, such enthusiasm, such a palpable love for his subject." —Oliver Sacks, author of Hallucinations
"Concrete, chocolate, paper, porcelain; this is a fascinating and informative account of the ‘stuff’ of our everyday lives." —Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
"It is a rare thing for a true scientist to be able to explain how things work so clearly to the layperson—and even rarer to do so in such an entertaining fashion. No one who reads this book will look at the world quite the same again." —Kate Ascher, author of The Works, The Heights, and The Way to Go
"[A] wonderful account of the materials that have made the modern world…Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle." —Financial Times
"A deftly written, immensely enjoyable little book." —Observer (UK)
"[Miodownik] makes even the most everyday seem thrilling." —The Sunday Times (UK)
"Enthralling... a mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives." —Guardian (UK)
"Entertaining...These materials make fascinating reading." —Materials Today (UK)
"A great look at the science and stories behind the seemingly mundane substances that make up almost everything." —Physics Central
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