Glass is transparent, colourless and these makes it invisible even though it is valuable. This is because glass doesn't absorbWe should be like glass, shouldn't absorb any emotions, shouldn't judge anyone, letting people express themselves. This will make us valuable and we are scared of becoming invisible

Being In The Moment

Porcelain used to be the symbol of wealth and power. Ring any porcelain cup to test it and it should reverberate. If it isn't fully formed then it won't be able to transmit through the cracks and sound becomes dullWhen we are fully formed we should be able to reverberate knowledge insted of making it fall through our cracks. knowledge is wealth and power

Wealth And Power

Materials around us are the complex expression of our needs and desires. In a way they give us our identity

Identity

At atomic, nano, micro, macro, miniature and human scales the non living and living things are made of same things. The difference is the extra connection achieved by having communication across these scalesExtra communication, extra connection, extra liveliness in our lives

What Makes Us, Us

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: <ul><li>The imprisoned alchemist who saved himself from execution by creating the first European porcelain.</li><li>The hidden gem of the Milky Way, a planet five times the size of Earth, made entirely of diamond.</li><li>Graphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence--only a single atom thick--that could be used to make entire buildings sensitive to touch.</li></ul>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.

Tapasya Khs's Key Ideas from Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik

Being In The Moment

Wealth And Power

Identity

What Makes Us, Us

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Tapasya Khs's Key Ideas from Stuff Mattersby Mark Miodownik

Being In The Moment

Wealth And Power

Identity

What Makes Us, Us

Discover Key Ideas from Books on Similar Topics

Tapasya Khs's Key Ideas from Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik