Stuff Matters
3 mentors recommend this
272 pages
"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, st
ISBN: 9780141970745
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Bill Gates
Business & Entrepreneurship"Read this book and you’ll never look at a pencil or razor the same way."
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John Collison
Business & Entrepreneurship"Answers why US chocolate tastes like ground-up newspaper to me."
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Patrick Collison
Business & Entrepreneurship"Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
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