He’s heavy on romance and very light on numbers. Smil is a facts-and-numbers guy he doesn’t bring any romance to his topic. My favorite writer, the historian Vaclav Smil, also wrote a wonderful book on materials, but it’s completely different from Miodownik’s. I’m pleased to report that he is a witty, smart writer who has a great talent for imparting his love of this subject.
Mark Miodownik’s personal and professional obsession, as he explains in his book Stuff Matters, is basic materials we often take for granted such as paper, glass, concrete, and steel-as well as new super-materials that will change our world in the decades ahead. And yet one person’s obsession doesn’t necessarily make for interesting reading for those of us who have never been bitten by that same bug.
The sheer diversity of these fascinations, from playing bridge (my personal obsession) to scanning the skies for new planets, is one of the most beautiful things about humanity. People have all kinds of obsessions-silly, serious, and everything in between.
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