具體描述
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
2014年英國皇傢學會科學圖書奬。
Amaz*n 2014年度科學類選書。
《物理世界》2014年推薦科普書。
《紐約時報》2014年值得閱讀的一百本書之一。
★一部材料科學的頌歌，以高超的故事寫作手法，引導你步入材料學的神奇世界，探究身邊10種尋常之物背後激動人心的故事。
★ 將材料的科學知識和它們給人的感官感受組閤在一起，勾起人無限的好奇心，並從中發現詩意和美。
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
內容簡介
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
從茶杯、噴氣發動機到傢用電器、內褲，我們的生活充滿瞭材料。但你想過沒有，為什麼玻璃是透明的？是什麼讓橡皮筋有彈性？為什麼麯彆針會彎麯？為什麼不銹鋼不生銹？為什麼某一種材料做成的東西會長那樣？
世界頂*材料學大師帶你用材料科學傢的眼睛，以全新的方式看待你身邊的每一樣東西：鋼、紙、混凝土、巧剋力、塑料、玻璃、瓷器……
本書以淵博的知識和極富感染力的文字寫就。它不僅揭露瞭各種物質背後的神奇結構，還告訴我們隱藏在背後的精采故事。每一章介紹一種材料，輔以照片和手繪圖，極富可讀性和趣味性。
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
作者簡介
馬剋·米奧多尼剋：倫敦大學學院材料科學教授，英國皇傢工程學會會士，入選《泰晤士報》「英國百大影響力科學傢」。 他樂於為大眾講解材料科學，且廣受歡迎，曾擔任多部紀錄片的主持人，包括英國國傢廣播公司第二颱（BBC2）製作的《發明的天纔》。 2010年，他獲邀在科普界負盛名的英國皇傢科學院聖誕講座進行演講。
他也是倫敦大學學院製成研究中心主任，這個中心有一座材料館，收藏瞭地球上神奇的一些物質，並和多所博物館共同推齣互動節目，閤作夥伴包括泰特現代美術館（Tate Modern），黑沃德畫廊（Hayward Gallery）和威康收藏館（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
用戶評價
閱讀這本書的過程，體驗感極其豐富，它不僅僅是知識的纍積，更像是一次精神的洗禮。作者的寫作風格兼具瞭科學傢的嚴謹和哲學傢的思辨，使得每一章節都像一塊精心雕琢的寶石，閃爍著不同的光芒。書中對一些關鍵物質的起源故事的講述，充滿瞭戲劇張力，讓人聯想到人類在探索自然規律時所經曆的麯摺與輝煌。這種敘事的高超之處在於，它成功地將冰冷的物質世界，賦予瞭溫度和生命力。我甚至開始思考，我們對“進步”的定義，是否也受限於我們當前對物質的認知邊界。這本書成功地打破瞭這種邊界感，讓人意識到，下一場偉大的革命，很可能就潛藏在我們尚未理解的某種新型材料之中。它讓人對未來充滿瞭充滿理性的樂觀與期待。
評分說實話，一開始我對這類題材的書籍抱持著審慎的態度，總擔心會陷入冗長乏味的專業術語泥潭。然而，這本書完全顛覆瞭我的預期。它采取瞭一種非常人性化的敘事視角，從人類的需求和創造齣發，反嚮剖析物質的特性與潛力。作者仿佛是一位優秀的導遊，帶領我們穿梭於實驗室、工廠、乃至古代的遺址之間，每一次駐足都有新的發現。這本書的價值在於，它教會我們如何用一種更具批判性和好奇心的眼光去看待我們賴以生存的世界。例如，它對某種特定聚閤物的介紹，不僅講瞭它的化學結構，更深挖瞭其在環保和可持續發展方麵的爭議與機遇，這種兼顧科學性與社會性的探討，極大地拓寬瞭我的思考維度。讀完後，我發現自己對於日常消費品背後的“黑科技”産生瞭濃厚的興趣，那種求知欲是被徹底點燃瞭。
評分這本聚焦於“物質”的書籍，其敘事的高級感是顯而易見的。它沒有采取那種填鴨式的知識灌輸，而是像一位資深的博物學傢在娓娓道來，每一章的過渡都自然得如同季節更迭，毫不突兀。我特彆留意到作者在選取案例時的獨到眼光，那些被選中的“神奇物質”無一不是在人類曆史上留下過深刻烙印，或是正在悄然重塑我們未來的關鍵要素。閱讀過程中，我感受到的不是學習的壓力，而是一種智力上的享受，仿佛參與瞭一場跨越時空的對話。作者用詞考究，精準而富有畫麵感，能讓人在腦海中構建齣材料形成、轉變的動態過程。對於那些熱衷於追根究底的讀者來說，這本書提供瞭足夠的深度，同時又保持瞭極高的可讀性。它成功地將硬核的科學知識軟化成瞭引人入勝的故事，讓“材料科學”這個原本有些高冷的學科，變得親切且充滿魔力。
評分這本書真是讓我大開眼界，它以一種非常引人入勝的方式，帶我們探索瞭我們日常生活中那些看似普通卻又至關重要的物質。作者的筆觸細膩，不僅深入淺齣地講解瞭材料背後的科學原理，還巧妙地融入瞭曆史和文化背景，讓整個閱讀過程充滿瞭趣味性。比如，關於某些金屬的提煉和應用，它不僅僅是枯燥的化學公式，而是與人類文明的演進緊密相連，那種追溯源頭的探尋感非常強烈。我尤其欣賞作者在闡述復雜概念時所展現的耐心和清晰度，即便是對科學一竅不通的讀者也能輕鬆跟上思路。整本書的結構安排得張弛有度，既有宏大的敘事，也有微觀的細節描摹，讀完之後，我對身邊的一切都産生瞭全新的認識，走路時都會下意識地觀察路麵的瀝青、手中握著的手機外殼，感覺自己仿佛擁有瞭一雙能看透物質本質的眼睛。這種知識的增益帶來的滿足感是無可替代的，它遠超瞭一本普通的科普讀物所能給予的範疇。
評分這本書的編輯和排版也值得稱贊，整體呈現齣一種沉靜而大氣的閱讀體驗，這與它探討的主題——物質的恒久與變遷——非常契閤。作者的邏輯推理極其嚴密，但絕不生硬，他善於運用類比和類推，將抽象的物理化學定律轉化為日常可見的現象。我特彆欣賞其中關於“創新如何受限於材料”的論述，它揭示瞭許多看似技術瓶頸的睏境，根源其實在於我們尚未發現或掌握更優越的物質形態。這種宏觀的洞察力，讓這本書的格局一下子提升瞭。它不是簡單地介紹“這個材料能做什麼”，而是探討“如果沒有這個材料，我們會怎樣”，這種逆嚮思維的引導，非常有啓發性。對於工程師、設計師乃至決策者而言，這本書提供的思維框架是寶貴的財富。
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