{"product_id":"its-a-gas-mark-miodownik","title":"It's a Gas (Mark Miodownik)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A delight' \u003cb\u003eDara O Briain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A witty, smart writer who has a great talent' \u003cb\u003eBill Gates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW\u003ci\u003ehy are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In \u003c\/i\u003eIt's a Gas\u003ci\u003e, Mark Miodownik masterfully reveals an invisible world through his unique brand of scientific storytelling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking us back to that exhilarating - and often dangerous - moment when scientists tried to work out exactly what they had discovered, Miodownik shows that gases are the formative substances of our modern world, each with its own weird and wonderful personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe see how seventeenth-century laughing gas parties led to the first use of anaesthetics in surgery, how the invention of the air valve in musical instruments gave us bicycles, cars and trainers, and how gases made us masters of the sea (by huge steamships) and skies (via extremely flammable balloons). This delight of a book reveals the immense importance of gases to modern civilisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eMaster of Science and chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK, \u003cb\u003eMark Miodownik \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Materials and Society at University College London, where he is also Director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the book \u003ci\u003eStuff Matters - \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller which won the Royal Society Winton Prize - and \u003ci\u003eLiquid\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the same prize. He presents BBC TV and radio programmes on science and engineering such as \u003ci\u003eEveryday Miracles \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow It Works.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65831161856349,"sku":"K097809279","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9780927900001A.jpg?v=1788705116","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/its-a-gas-mark-miodownik","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}