Miodownik is a materials science professor at University College London. The book takes a look at several materials that appear in a photo of the author drinking tea on a rooftop: steel, glass, plastic, and so on. Miodownik includes personal stories, to make the point that we all have relationships with these materials even as we typically ignore them.
The book was entertaining, and I learned a variety of cocktail-party facts about the ubiquitous materials. (For example, stainless steel has a thin, self-repairing coat of chromium oxide, which prevents it from rusting and also makes it tasteless and ideal for cutlery.) However, I was hoping to learn about materials science a little more deeply.
The book was entertaining, and I learned a variety of cocktail-party facts about the ubiquitous materials. (For example, stainless steel has a thin, self-repairing coat of chromium oxide, which prevents it from rusting and also makes it tasteless and ideal for cutlery.) However, I was hoping to learn about materials science a little more deeply.
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