Author: Mark Miodownik
Genre: Non-fiction, Science
Rating: 4/5
Verdict: Very awe-inspiring book on the science behind the common things and materials without which we cannot imagine our daily life.
After reading an array of self help and personal development books, I was very bored and my mind was overloaded with information from those books and I wanted to switch tracks and listen to something interesting and fun to learn about. This book was a perfect antidote to that and I simply loved it.
It if a very well written book that keeps the reader so engaged with stories around each material we use in daily life and it is like having a conversation with the author. The stories shared by the author were very entertaining and even though this is a science book, the author kept it at just the right level of information without going too deep into the internals which made it very interesting to read and easy to understand. My favorite chapters were about chocolate and graphite. I look at paper around me and the plate that I eat in very differently now.
I am glad I chose to read this book. It was a fascinating read and I can't wait to read other books by this author.
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