stuff matters chapter summary

(616 words). When this quartz crystal is heated to its melting point, the silicon dioxide molecules break apart and dissociate. Who would have thought a book on material science can be so fascinating? This was a pretty interesting look at the make-up and origins and useage of the stuff we use and take for granted every day. Having read this book, I don't think I will look at the material world in the same way again. This book was freakin’ awesome! Well written, just sciency enough to keep me interested without going overboard on the science. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. CHAPTER 8: UNBREAKABLE. In Stuff Matters, 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. Materials science, although being closely related to chemistry, can be enough to send even most scientists to sleep. Discover books that entertain, engage & enlighten. Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. Materials science textbooks seem to be a collection of phase He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world, including: Group Non Fiction Read - Nov/Dec 2018 - Stuff Matters. Return to Gilead with Jack, the instant New York Times bestseller. 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. Welcome back. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Very interesting & informative! You’ll develop a whole new outlook for the many engineering wonders around us - from the tip of your ballpoint pen to knee joint replacements...continued. • BONDING STRUCTURE OF DIAMOND: Two of the 6 electrons of a carbon atom do not participate in the “atom’s chemical life” as it interacts with other atoms. Ahoy there mateys! Figuring I would get a head-start on my 2015 resolution to read more nonfiction, I figured why not? He was chosen by, “In a very real way, then, materials are a reflection of who we are, a multi-scale expression of our human need and desires.”, “It is often said that there are very few places left on earth that have yet to be discovered. • Sand is a heterogenous mixture of different substances, a large proportion of which are quartz made from silicon dioxide crystals. The wound stung like a very bad paper cut, and I had no idea how serious it was, but being a schoolboy at the time, embarrassment overcame any sort of common sense. King (yes, that really was his first name) Gillette was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in the mid-nineteenth century to parents who were tinkers. In this book he chooses several ubiquitous materials that matter to all of us and inform our lives. The hot sun beats down on him, so he takes off his shoes and wraps them in his coat. • On carbon and its many allotropes. Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email. STUFF MATTERS: Chapters 1-3 • On Stainless Steel • During the stone age, metals were extremely rare save for some deposits of copper and gold which were hard to find. As I’m really into Behavioural Psychology and experiences — this kind of stuff really makes me think. In Stuff Matters, 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. Genres & Themes | Use a powerful microscope and you will find another, complete with a zoo of living organisms of the most fantastic nature. It was May 1985, and I had just jumped on to a London Tube train as the door closed, shutting out my attacker, but not before he had slashed my back. But just trust me when I say this is a must read. Excerpt | This is an entertaining, engaging book about many of the everyday--and rare--materials that are in our world. May 2014, 272 pages Who would have thought a book on material science can be so fascinating? Using a photo of himself drinking a coffee and eating a bar of chocolate, Miodownik takes us through a range of different materials that you are likely to come across every day, such as glass, steel, plastics, concrete, paper and even cho. Readalikes | From glass to elastic and from concrete to paper, Miodownik takes an up-close look at everyday things we hardly notice, … Arrr! When I shook my head he got uncomfortably close, looked at me intently, and told me he had a knife. STUFF MATTERS: Chapter 8. The first mate read this one and then told me I had to follow suit. Highly recommended! To distract myself from the pain, and the uneasy feeling of blood trickling down my back, I tried to work out what had just happened. 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. Some of the materials occur naturally like diamond and coal. Material science can be fascinating, awe-inspiring, and motivate to a completely new look at everyday things and the world around us in general. I can’t really explain this one more than that because I can’t do it justice and I also can’t explain science phenomena well at all. The family settled in Chicago but when their hardware business was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, they moved to New York. One of the chapters in Stuff Matters is devoted to steel, and Mark Miodownik mentions the Gillette safety razor blade and its inventor King Camp Gillette, as being responsible for the "democratization of shaving." There's definitely some questionable fact-telling here that made me at times wonder about the accuracy of other chapters: (e.g. Beyond the book | From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. Mar 2015, 272 pages, Book Reviewed by:Poornima Apte I loved how the author brought in his personal perspective and stories into the narrative. Materials science – what I call ‘how stuff works’ when talking to junior school children generally sits near to geology on that spectrum. Non-Fiction Group Read - September 2015 - Stuff Matters - SPOILERS ALLOWED, Non-Fiction Group Read - September 2015 - Stuff Matters - NO SPOILERS ALLOWED, Heat Up the Holidays with These 27 Winter Romances. “Why can you see through glass?” and “Why does paper fold neatly but not plastic wrap?” are the sort of questions that an arbitrary world believes are endearing when issuing from the mouth of some precocious moppet, but generate uncomfortable silences when voiced by a jowly middle-aged man, like self.