
Stuff Matters
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- Stuff Matters is an inspiring exploration of human creativity
- Author Mark Miodownik reveals the inner workings of the man-made world; the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day
- From 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
- Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society and director of the Institute of Making at UCL, scientist-in-residence on Dara O Briain's Science Club (BBC2) and presenter of several documentaries, including The Genius of Invention (BBC2). In 2010, he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, broadcast on BBC4