Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

Fantastic read or listen (the narrator is excellent in the audiobook version). I really loved Mark's style of writing, especially how he could interweave the science and cultural history of the materials we often take for granted like paper and concrete. Also, I could totally relate to the way he described some everyday items like a crisp paper bag, and how they made him feel. Highly recommend his books if you enjoy chemistry, history and material culture.

Some fascinating facts about materials that surround us but there is plenty of personal anectodes from author point of view, which distracted me from the main theme and were boring. Writing style was more entertaining I wished from a non fiction book.

some of the chapters are extremely interesting and some are actually quite boring. it's a good book for people interested in chemistry as it deals with the atomic/molecular structures of different materials. Very intriguing and thought provoking book. makes you wonder about all the things that surround you that you hardly give a second thought to.