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The materials scientist Mark Miodownik discusses this and other miracles of modern, well, materials science in his marvellous book "Stuff matters" (https://book
by JadeNB 7y ago
The materials scientist Mark Miodownik discusses this and other miracles of modern, well, materials science in his marvellous book "Stuff matters" (https://books.google.com/books/about/Stuff_Matters.html?id=_5yUAwAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books/about/Stuff_Matters.html?id=_...). I found it fascinating—though, fair warning, the material on cement was by far the most fascinating to me.
- JadeNB 7y agoBy the way, I just discovered he's got a new (to me) book, my copy of which is titled "Liquid rules" (apparently a later printing of a book originally just called "Liquid") (https://books.google.com/books?id=7p_FwQEACAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=7p_FwQEACAAJ ).