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内容简介:
A New York Times Bestseller
An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A globally-renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring 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 entertainingly examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper. He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world, including:
The imprisoned alchemist who saved himself from execution by creating the first European porcelain.
The hidden gem of the Milky Way, a planet five times the size of Earth, made entirely of diamond.
Graphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence—only a single atom thick—that could be used to make entire buildings sensitive to touch.
From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, our lives are overflowing with materials. 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.
作者简介:
Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at University College London and the Director of the UCL Institute of Making. He was chosen by The Times as one of the top 100 most influential scientists in the UK. Miodownik is a broadcaster known best for giving the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures broadcast on BBC4. Miodownik is also a writer on science and engineering issues, a presenter of documentaries and a collaborator in interactive museum events.
原文摘录:
纸有非常适合凹折与弯曲的力学构造。大力折纸会让该部位的纤维素纤维断裂，产生永久的弯折，但仍有足够的纤维没有受损，使得纸张不至于撕开或断裂。这种情况下，纸其实还是很难撕裂，但只要折痕边稍有破口， 出现小小的施力点，很容易就能沿着折痕轻松撕开。这两项特点让纸可以凹折成任何形状，几乎没有其他材料可以媲美，也促成了折纸艺术的出现。金属箔膜可以折出折痕，但不是很好弄；塑胶板除非够软，否则无法保持折痕，但太软了又会失去包装东西所需的刚性，无法定形。正是由于纸能维持弯折又可以定形，使得它成为包装礼物的完美选择。
用纸包装礼物利落又光鲜，凸显了礼物的崭新与价值。它够强韧，能在运送途中保护礼物，又够好撕，连小宝宝也扯得开。撕开包装纸的那一刻， 礼物瞬间从秘密变成了惊喜。拆礼物就和出生一样，让东西有了新的生命。 (查看原文)
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2015-09-21 10:15:31
—— 引自第50页
情书却也让分手变得艰难，因为信中文字就如同合照里的影像，会永远留存在纸上，对心碎的恋人是一场酷刑，对决定分手的一方则如芒刺在背，就算没有凸显他的移情别恋，也诉说着他的昨是今非。幸好纸是含碳的东西，对所有想要摆脱情伤的人来说，都有一个最好的方法。这方法需要的东西不多，就是一根火柴。 (查看原文)
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2022-09-24 18:44:13
—— 引自章节：传达蜜意的情书