Mark Miodownik books

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World (2014)

This was an excellent, light read. Mr. Miodownik very approachably combines aspects of personal narrative, metaphysics and philosophy, and natural science. I picked up this book based on its suggested similarity to "The Disappearing Spoon", a comparison that was well justified. His chapter on ...