Stuff Matters - Mark Miodownik<p>This is a really casual Material Science book. It&#x27;s sub-title is &quot;Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world.&quot; I am about a quarter of the way through and am really enjoying it. I really knew nothing about materials, this book served as a fun&#x2F;interesting introduction to modern  materials. The first chapter (my favorite thus far) was about metals. It goes into how different types of alloys are created and into sword making; what makes a good blade vs a brittle blade that will fall apart in combat(hint: it has to do with the amount of carbon in the blade. Too much and it is brittle. You want about 1% in the entire blade.)