具体描述
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
2014年英国皇家学会科学图书奖。
Amaz*n 2014年度科学类选书。
《物理世界》2014年推荐科普书。
《纽约时报》2014年值得阅读的一百本书之一。
★一部材料科学的颂歌，以高超的故事写作手法，引导你步入材料学的神奇世界，探究身边10种寻常之物背后激动人心的故事。
★ 将材料的科学知识和它们给人的感官感受组合在一起，勾起人无限的好奇心，并从中发现诗意和美。
Author：Mark Miodownik
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (March 17, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0544483944
ISBN-13: 9780544483941
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
内容简介
New York Times Bestseller ? New York Times Notable Book 2014 ? Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
“A thrilling account of the modern material world.” —Wall Street Journal
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm." —Scientific American
从茶杯、喷气发动机到家用电器、内裤，我们的生活充满了材料。但你想过没有，为什么玻璃是透明的？是什么让橡皮筋有弹性？为什么曲别针会弯曲？为什么不锈钢不生锈？为什么某一种材料做成的东西会长那样？
世界顶*材料学大师带你用材料科学家的眼睛，以全新的方式看待你身边的每一样东西：钢、纸、混凝土、巧克力、塑料、玻璃、瓷器……
本书以渊博的知识和极富感染力的文字写就。它不仅揭露了各种物质背后的神奇结构，还告诉我们隐藏在背后的精采故事。每一章介绍一种材料，辅以照片和手绘图，极富可读性和趣味性。
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that renowned materials scientist Mark Miodownik constantly asks himself. Miodownik studies objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world. In Stuff Matters, Miodownik explores the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor to the foam in his sneakers. Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way.
"Stuff Matters is about hidden wonders, the astonishing properties of materials we think boring, banal, and unworthy of attention...It's possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere, but like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the blend right." —New York Times Book Review
作者简介
马克·米奥多尼克：伦敦大学学院材料科学教授，英国皇家工程学会会士，入选《泰晤士报》「英国百大影响力科学家」。 他乐于为大众讲解材料科学，且广受欢迎，曾担任多部纪录片的主持人，包括英国国家广播公司第二台（BBC2）制作的《发明的天才》。 2010年，他获邀在科普界负盛名的英国皇家科学院圣诞讲座进行演讲。
他也是伦敦大学学院制成研究中心主任，这个中心有一座材料馆，收藏了地球上神奇的一些物质，并和多所博物馆共同推出互动节目，合作伙伴包括泰特现代美术馆（Tate Modern），黑沃德画廊（Hayward Gallery）和威康收藏馆（Wellcome Collection）等。
MARK MIODOWNIK is Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. He is the Director of the Institute of Making, which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth.
Review
“Stuff Matters is about hidden wonders, the astonishing properties of materials we think boring, banal and unworthy of attention...It’s possible this science and these stories have been told elsewhere, but like the best chocolatiers, Miodownik gets the blend right." —The New York Times Book Review
"[Ordinary objects] have found their poet in Mark Miodownik...A thrilling account of the modern material world...Though I blush to recall it, once I had the impression that materials science was dull and pedestrian. Stuff Matters has changed my mind; now I find myself running my fingers along things and sighing. Mr. Miodownik's lively, eloquent book changes the way one looks at the world." —Wall Street Journal
"Midownik dives into every detail...[with] joyous curiosity." —Entertainment Weekly
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm." —Scientific American
"Materials scientist Miodownik intertwines humorous vignettes of daily life in London with subatomic behavior to explain the feats of engineering that brought us samurai swords, skyscrapers, pool balls and even chocolate. From concrete in Roman architecture to atom-thick graphene, Miodownik builds on a historical framework to give readers an idea of future applications. Clever in every sense of the word, Stuff Matters may leave you looking at windows rather than through them." —Discover
"Stuff Matters makes the seemingly banal objects of our everyday lives into an endless source of wonder, dreams and possibility." —Salon
"Superb storytelling...fascinating...a delightful book on a subject that is relatively rarely written about." —Popular Science
"Entertaining and informative...[Stuff Matters] delivers on both the scientific and personal levels. Its anecdotes, inviting prose and unusual chapter titles introduce both the author and his field of research, materials science." —Dallas Morning News
"I stayed up all night reading this book. Miodownik writes with such knowledge, such enthusiasm, such a palpable love for his subject." —Oliver Sacks, author of Hallucinations
"Concrete, chocolate, paper, porcelain; this is a fascinating and informative account of the ‘stuff’ of our everyday lives." —Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
"It is a rare thing for a true scientist to be able to explain how things work so clearly to the layperson—and even rarer to do so in such an entertaining fashion. No one who reads this book will look at the world quite the same again." —Kate Ascher, author of The Works, The Heights, and The Way to Go
"[A] wonderful account of the materials that have made the modern world…Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle." —Financial Times
"A deftly written, immensely enjoyable little book." —Observer (UK)
"[Miodownik] makes even the most everyday seem thrilling." —The Sunday Times (UK)
"Enthralling... a mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives." —Guardian (UK)
"Entertaining...These materials make fascinating reading." —Materials Today (UK)
"A great look at the science and stories behind the seemingly mundane substances that make up almost everything." —Physics Central
用户评价
阅读这本书的过程，体验感极其丰富，它不仅仅是知识的累积，更像是一次精神的洗礼。作者的写作风格兼具了科学家的严谨和哲学家的思辨，使得每一章节都像一块精心雕琢的宝石，闪烁着不同的光芒。书中对一些关键物质的起源故事的讲述，充满了戏剧张力，让人联想到人类在探索自然规律时所经历的曲折与辉煌。这种叙事的高超之处在于，它成功地将冰冷的物质世界，赋予了温度和生命力。我甚至开始思考，我们对“进步”的定义，是否也受限于我们当前对物质的认知边界。这本书成功地打破了这种边界感，让人意识到，下一场伟大的革命，很可能就潜藏在我们尚未理解的某种新型材料之中。它让人对未来充满了充满理性的乐观与期待。
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评分这本聚焦于“物质”的书籍，其叙事的高级感是显而易见的。它没有采取那种填鸭式的知识灌输，而是像一位资深的博物学家在娓娓道来，每一章的过渡都自然得如同季节更迭，毫不突兀。我特别留意到作者在选取案例时的独到眼光，那些被选中的“神奇物质”无一不是在人类历史上留下过深刻烙印，或是正在悄然重塑我们未来的关键要素。阅读过程中，我感受到的不是学习的压力，而是一种智力上的享受，仿佛参与了一场跨越时空的对话。作者用词考究，精准而富有画面感，能让人在脑海中构建出材料形成、转变的动态过程。对于那些热衷于追根究底的读者来说，这本书提供了足够的深度，同时又保持了极高的可读性。它成功地将硬核的科学知识软化成了引人入胜的故事，让“材料科学”这个原本有些高冷的学科，变得亲切且充满魔力。
评分这本书真是让我大开眼界，它以一种非常引人入胜的方式，带我们探索了我们日常生活中那些看似普通却又至关重要的物质。作者的笔触细腻，不仅深入浅出地讲解了材料背后的科学原理，还巧妙地融入了历史和文化背景，让整个阅读过程充满了趣味性。比如，关于某些金属的提炼和应用，它不仅仅是枯燥的化学公式，而是与人类文明的演进紧密相连，那种追溯源头的探寻感非常强烈。我尤其欣赏作者在阐述复杂概念时所展现的耐心和清晰度，即便是对科学一窍不通的读者也能轻松跟上思路。整本书的结构安排得张弛有度，既有宏大的叙事，也有微观的细节描摹，读完之后，我对身边的一切都产生了全新的认识，走路时都会下意识地观察路面的沥青、手中握着的手机外壳，感觉自己仿佛拥有了一双能看透物质本质的眼睛。这种知识的增益带来的满足感是无可替代的，它远超了一本普通的科普读物所能给予的范畴。
评分这本书的编辑和排版也值得称赞，整体呈现出一种沉静而大气的阅读体验，这与它探讨的主题——物质的恒久与变迁——非常契合。作者的逻辑推理极其严密，但绝不生硬，他善于运用类比和类推，将抽象的物理化学定律转化为日常可见的现象。我特别欣赏其中关于“创新如何受限于材料”的论述，它揭示了许多看似技术瓶颈的困境，根源其实在于我们尚未发现或掌握更优越的物质形态。这种宏观的洞察力，让这本书的格局一下子提升了。它不是简单地介绍“这个材料能做什么”，而是探讨“如果没有这个材料，我们会怎样”，这种逆向思维的引导，非常有启发性。对于工程师、设计师乃至决策者而言，这本书提供的思维框架是宝贵的财富。
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