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"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, strongest, stiffest material in existence--only a single atom thick.Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives. As engaging as it is incisive, Stuff Matters will make you see the materials that surround you with new eyes"--… (más)
Todo está hecho de algo. Desde los objetos más corrientes de la vida diaria hasta los inventos más punteros que nos hablan del futuro, todo está hecho de materiales, oficios, técnicas, diseño, ingeniería y grandes ideas. Cosas (y) materiales nos desvela los secretos y las historias del papel, el cristal, la porcelana, el chocolate o el hormigón con la mirada de un científico y el asombro de un niño.
El autor nos habla de una taza de té, del motor de un avión supersónico, de la suela de sus zapatos o del clip de papel, y en cada uno relata una historia que inspira asombro y deslumbramiento ante la capacidad del ser humano para crear.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
For Ruby, Lazlo, and Ida
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
As is stood on a train bleeding from what would later be classified as a thirteen-centimeter stab wound, I wondered what to do.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
books en masse are more than a library, they are a statement of identity.
If an atom were the size of an athletics stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a pea at its center, and the electrons would be the size of grains of sand in the surrounding stands.
You might think it not credible that a material as soft as leather can sharpen steel, and you would be right. It is the fine ceramic powder that is impregnated in the leather strop that does the sharpening.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In a very real way, then, materials are a reflection of who we are, a multi-scale expression of our human needs and desires.
"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, strongest, stiffest material in existence--only a single atom thick.Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science and history of materials. From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives. As engaging as it is incisive, Stuff Matters will make you see the materials that surround you with new eyes"--
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El autor nos habla de una taza de té, del motor de un avión supersónico, de la suela de sus zapatos o del clip de papel, y en cada uno relata una historia que inspira asombro y deslumbramiento ante la capacidad del ser humano para crear.