Stuff Matters

出版者:Viking

作者:Miodownik, Mark A.

页数:272

出版时间:2013-7

价格:GBP43.38

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670920549

具体描述

Stuff Matters by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity. 'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives' Guardian Everything is made of something... From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, Stuff Matters 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. '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' The Times 'Insightful, fascinating. The futuristic materials will elicit gasps. Makes even the most everyday substance seem exciting' Sunday Times 'Wonderful. Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle' Financial Times 'I stayed up all night reading this book' Oliver Sacks 'Expert, deftly written, immensely enjoyable' Observer Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society 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. He is Director of the UCL Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth, and has collaborated to make interactive events with many museums, such as Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and Wellcome Collection. In 2014 Stuff Matters won the Royal Society Winton Prize.

作者简介

Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society 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. He is Director of the UCL Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth, and has collaborated to make interactive events with many museums, such as Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and Wellcome Collection.

读后感

一部人类的文明发展史，很大程度上可以说就是一部从自然材料到人造材料的发展、应用的历史。比如说，石器时代就远逊于青铜时代；而当青铜遇到了铁，生产力发展的先后也就泾渭分明了；等到了尼龙时代、碳材料时代等现在很难说是什么样时代的当下以及未来，材料的重要性就更不需...  

（一） 这两天，各大APP变着花样的给用户整理年终总结，告诉每个人，这一年，你听了哪些歌，走了多少步，去过哪些城市，看过哪些电影.....好像这些真的很重要，或者假装你自己不记得一样。 当然，这些数据，都是在试图告诉你一件事：你特别又重要。但让我不能理解的是，这些...  

我约着山猫还有倩一起去看维康收藏馆（Wellcome Collection）的展览，没想到闭馆了。路过门口的海报的时候，倩对山猫说，啊，展品原来是他们的老师谁谁谁做的。 这本小书的英文名叫《Stuff Matter: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made W...  

阿拉丁有一盏油灯，他轻轻擦拭，住在里面的精灵就会迸出来帮助他。 幼时对这类故事深信不疑，艳羡平凡的物品竟有神奇的力量。古往今来，关于物品之神的传说层出不穷。灶台、米糠罐、打火匣，朴素的生活投影，蕴含着各地文化的寄托。而科学家马克·米奥多尼克写的《迷人的材料...  

用户评价

好书！

年度最喜欢的书！把很geeky很technical的东西讲得那么人文那么有爱，实在太是我的菜了。简直可以想像作者是个渊博有趣的大叔（未来一定是我喜欢的那种可爱老头）。

内容涉猎广泛，叙述浅显易懂。

好书！

有趣！