Full review here.įinancial Times: “Building the book around the experiences that most readers will have experienced during long-distance flights is an original and entertaining way of structuring the narrative”. Nature: “sparkling investigation of liquids is an interesting and readable volume, that avoids distracting our chemist reviewer with ‘mischaracterized or oversimplified details”. Guardian: “like a perfectly made cup of tea, it is warm, comforting and very refreshing”. LIQUID was short-listed for the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize LIQUID was one of the Financial Times Books of the Year 2018. It is published worldwide in many languages including Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, and Korean. The book describes the Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives. Liquid (also published as Liquid Rules in the USA) The Guardian: “If anybody can put real impetus into George Osborne’s call for a “march of the makers” it must be him: the very model of a modern materials man.” Full reivew here. The Times: “.a British brainbox with highly evolved sense of justice and not a bad sense of humour.” The Observer: “.deftly written, immensely enjoyable little book.”

The Sunday Times: “A jaunty guide to things we take for granted, such as stainless steel, makes the most everyday seem thrilling.”

The Financial Times: “Stuff Matters shows that a significant new talent has arrived in the ranks of popular science authors.” It’s also about the ingenuity of humankind, the unique ability of humans to understand the materials around us, and to manipulate them “ Miodownik delves into the molecules and history of metal, paper, concrete and chocolate, finding poetry and beauty in the details. Miodownik writes with such knowledge, such enthusiasm, such palpable love for his subject”īill Gates: “I’m pleased to report that he is a witty, smart writer who has a great talent for imparting his love of this subject.”Īlice Roberts: “An ode to material science. Oliver Sacks: “I stayed up all night reading this book. Stuff Matters was the winner of the US National Academies 2015 Communication Award Stuff Matters was the winner of the Physics World Book of the Year 2014 Stuff Matters was the winner of the Royal Society Book Prize 2014 Stuff Matters was a New York Times Best Seller, and one their 100 notable books of 2014. Stuff Matters is published worldwide in 20 languages: Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Estonian, Romanian, Spanish, German, Turkish, Russian, Persian, Korean, Thai, and Portuguese, and French. Stuff Matters is a guide to the material world, and the science, history, engineering, and culture that underpins it.

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