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Another interesting book on material science is

'Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World' by Mark Miodownik http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Matters-Exploring-Marvelous-Mate...

actually here is a sample chapter

http://www.hmhco.com/~/media/sites/home/educators/webinars/s...

The author has also an interesting lecture on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEWFJiMK6CE

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