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Stuff: The Things the World is Made of Book

"Stuff, stuff, everywhere stuff": Ivan Amato will make you appreciate how much ingenuity, history, and subtlety goes into even the most apparently mundane human-produced materials, such as paper or steel. Then he will astonish you by describing the Stuff of the future, the deliberate creations of today's materials scientists: Buckyballs, synthetic diamonds, designs crafted at the atomic level, self-healing materials, and biomimetics. A revolution is just beginning that is "comparable in scope and importance to the beginning of the scientific method." Read More

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  • Product Description

    America in the 21st century may well rise, or fall, depending on how far ahead it remains in the development of smart materials. From plastics to never-before-seen composites, an award-winning journalist explores how scientists transform the raw materials of the wilderness into the "stuff" of the modern world. Compelling and informative, Amato's work brims with interviews with cutting-edge experts, many of whom are building new materials literally atom by atom. 10 line drawings.

  • 0465083285
  • 9780465083282
  • Ivan Amato
  • 5 February 1998
  • Basic Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 304
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