Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

By
Mark Miodownik
Mark Miodownik
2013 • 272 pages

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91 books

Science

Apeiron
Alina
The Grand Design
Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are
Rosalind Franklin : The Dark Lady of DNA
Beauty and Revolution in Science
Lost in Math
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
How To

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44 books

Science

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Tommy
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
The Man Who Caught the Storm
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

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121 books

History

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Tommy
Zodiac The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
A Short History of Drunkenness
Horror Noire
Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live

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92 books

To Read Info

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Adam
The Annotated Turing
A Profile of Mathematical Logic
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
How to Solve it
Fermat's last theorem
What if?
Stuff Matters

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1,498 books

Non Fiction

Traveller
Mer Barr
When God Was a Woman
The Red Queen
Diplomacy
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

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206 books

Science

Traveller
Mer Barr
The Red Queen
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
A Crack in the Edge of the World
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
The Grand Design

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417 books

High Priority

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Volenord
Deep Learning
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Programming the Universe
Energy and Civilization: A History
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Selfish Gene

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441 books

Dot

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Boson
The America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Great Cook
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
The Intelligent Investor
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Hacking The Art Of Exploitation
Autobiography of a yogi
The Annotated Turing

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362 books

Audible Com

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Pierke
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
Heartbreak Hotel
Sunset Song
Mourning Lincoln
Coffin Road
Raptor: A Journey Through Birds
Where Memories Go

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Ready

Pierke
Pierke
Landskipping: Painters, Ploughmen and Places
Hedge Britannia
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum
Ten Days in May
Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World
The Isles: A History
The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic

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Pierke
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Aviators, The: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Becoming Queen

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78 books

Science Technology Engineering

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Pierke
The Age of Wonder
13 Things That Don't Make Sense
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

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351 books

Books To Buy

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Danette
Coronavirus and Christ
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Tea: The Drink That Changed the World
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway
Tsarina
One of Us Is Lying

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290 books

Standalone

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Andrela
Women & Power: A Manifesto
This Modern Love
Girling Up How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular
The House of the Spirits
The Princess Bride
The Keeper of Lost Things
The Map of Time

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Wish List

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Andrela
The Dream Thieves
Life in Outer Space
The Red Pyramid
The Night Circus
The General in His Labyrinth
Shadow Scale
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

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13 books

Chemistry Physics

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Andrela
Todos Os Nomes
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Stuff Matters
Uma breve história do tempo
Sete Breves Lições de Física
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
O cérebro que se transforma: Como a neurociência pode curar as pessoas

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229 books

Non Fiction

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Anki
1776
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
Understanding Comics
The Knitter's Book of Yarn
Free-Range Knitter
Knitting in Plain English

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Status Own

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Anki
Mission of Honor
The Hittite
Heir of Novron
Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty

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233 books

Freebies

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Anki
Fire in Frost
A Yorkshire Christmas
Reflection: The Stranger in the Mirror
Miss Landon and Aubranael
The Medium

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78 books

Combo Read

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Urchin of the Riding Stars
Naughty in Nice
Boston Jane: An Adventure
The Twelve Clues of Christmas
Sense and Sensibility
Lonesome Dove
Son of the Black Sword

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196 books

Genre Non Fiction

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Bianca
Stuff Matters
The Crossroads of Should and Must
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
Headstrong
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden
At Home: A Short History of Private Life

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142 books

Audiobook Available

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Rajesh Pabari
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
The Gifts of Imperfection
Principles: Life and Work
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Dark Money
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

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Inbox

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Paul Wood
Remake
Aloha from Hell
Tuck
Scarlet
Hood
A Discovery of Witches

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70 books

Owned

Cassnels
Cassie
My Dark Desire
Glint
Glint
Red Rising
In the Weeds
King of Sloth
A Time of Courage

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168 books

Audiobook

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Corey McCaffrey
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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