{"product_id":"handmade-9781472971081","title":"Handmade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the   craftspeople who have built their careers around working with   materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. \u003ci\u003eHandmade\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of materials through making and doing. Author and material scientist Anna Ploszajski journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna has the fresh perspective of someone at the forefront of the field. Each chapter features her accounts of learning from masters of their respective crafts. Along the way, Anna builds a fuller picture of materials and their place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy meeting with makers and playing with materials, Anna creates\u003cb\u003e a beautiful picture of what these substances really feel like\u003c\/b\u003e and what they are capable of. This book will make all your senses tingle. * Roma Agrawal, structural engineer and author *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is \u003cb\u003ea wonderful journey through the art and science of materials\u003c\/b\u003e… beautifully crafted and very personal. \u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e to anyone who loves ‘stuff’ and is curious enough to want to delve into its inner secrets. * Mark Miodownik, scientist, broadcaster and founder of the Materials Library *\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, Ploszajski succeeds in demonstrating that the act of making something can impart an appreciation for and understanding of the properties of the material from which it is made. * Dorothy Jones-Davis, Science Magazine *\u003cbr\u003ePloszajski is a \u003cb\u003etalented\u003c\/b\u003e science communicator… and the zany accounts of her fieldwork are lots of fun. \u003cb\u003eThis pop science adventure delights.\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuminous, witty, and enormously appealing\u003c\/b\u003e… \u003ci\u003eHandmade\u003c\/i\u003e is exactly the sort of hybrid memoir that invites discussion and will likely spark further research. -- Colleen Mondor * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue  Glass  Plastic Steel Brass Clay Sugar Wool Wood Paper Stone Epilogue  Acknowledgements Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408789872983,"sku":"9781472971081","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472971081.jpg?v=1730504215","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handmade-9781472971081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}