{"product_id":"stuff-matters","title":"Stuff Matters","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* * * Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books * * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFROM THE TEA-CUP TO THE JET ENGINE, STUFF MATTERS IS A UNIQUE, INSPIRING EXPLORATION OF HUMAN CREATIVITY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'I stayed up all night reading this book' Oliver Sacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything is made of something.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe everyday objects: paper clips, the textiles that make your clothesand the cups you drink from. The extraordinary New materials: self-healing metals, silicon chips and bionic implants paving the future. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStuff Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reveals the miracles of craft, design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom ancient technologies to those shaping our future, this is a book to inspire amazement and delight at mankind's material creativity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A certain sort of madness may be necessary to pull off what he has attempted here, which is a wholesale animation of the inanimate: Miodownik achieves precisely what he sets out to'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Times\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Insightful, fascinating. The futuristic materials will elicit gasps. Makes even the most everyday substance seem exciting'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Wonderful. Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Expert, deftly written, immensely enjoyable'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43882701488385,"sku":"2EPKMA8QQ-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/StuffMatters.jpg?v=1627238649","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/stuff-matters","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}