{"product_id":"handmade-a-scientists-search-for-meaning-through-making-paperback","title":"Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Ploszajski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 in society, as well as how they have intersected with her own life experiences - from land racing on American salt flats to swimming the English Channel. She visits a blacksmith, explores how working with the primal material, clay, has brought about some of the most advanced technologies, and delves down to the atomic scale of glass to find out what makes it 'glassy'. \u003ci\u003eHandmade \u003c\/i\u003eaffords us a new understanding of the materials we encounter every day and an appreciation for the skills needed to fashion them into objects that are perfectly formed for the jobs they do.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Anna Ploszajski is an award-winning materials scientist, writer and storyteller. She's a materials generalist, equally fascinated by metals, plastics, ceramics, glasses and substances from the natural world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA patent-holder by the age of 22, Anna has packed a lot into a short space of time - her career has seen her work in labs at NASA in Florida, attempt to break a land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and power Glastonbury Festival using hydrogen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna also works as a freelance science communicator and storyteller, regularly performing live science shows to audiences across the UK and internationally. A frequent presenter on radio and TV, Anna is the host of her own podcast about materials and making (also called Handmade). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e@AnnaPloszajski\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732329762879,"sku":"9781472971081","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aad3c711c1eb8f335aed3e73bcdeace4.webp?v=1765132109","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/handmade-a-scientists-search-for-meaning-through-making-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}