Little Atoms 294 – Mark Miodownik & Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at UCL, and the Director of the UCL Institute of Making. He recently appeared in The Times’ inaugural list of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK. He is currently scientist-in-residence on Dara O Briain’s Science Club (BBC2) and has presented of several documentaries, including The Genius of Invention (BBC2), and in 2010 he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Mark’s first book is Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World.