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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Messages Post See new posts Conversation Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv Subscribe Stuff Matters, by @markmiodownik , published 2013. I first read this around 2016 or so and really enjoyed it - and I’ve been meaning to do a second read to really dig into Mark’s fantastic storytelling style. The meandering, multi-POV style is perfect for doing threads about 2:02 PM · Mar 2, 2019 6 30 110 40 Related posts Most relevant Post your reply Reply Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv · Mar 2, 2019 The book opens with a story of Mark having been stabbed by a robber on a train platform in London. A 13cm stab wound from a steel razor blade wrapped in tape – this was the birth of his obsession with materials! Wow Quote Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv · Mar 1, 2019 Replying to @default_friend and @FriendDefault Honestly, a razor blade shiv (this is from the intro to Stuff Matters, a book about material science) 1 3 21 Visakan Veerasamy @visak

Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv Stuff Matters, by @ markmiodownik , published 2013. I first read this around 2016 or so and really enjoyed it - and I’ve been meaning to do a second read to really dig into Mark’s fantastic storytelling style. The meandering, multi-POV style is perfect for doing threads about 8:32 AM · Mar 2, 2019 6 0 6 19 0 1 9 106 0 1 0 6 40 0 4 0 Read 6 replies

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