I’m pleased to share that I’ve just published a new book, “Materials Matter: How Materials Shape Our World”, now available on Amazon in both paperback and eBook formats: [Amazon (both paperback and eBook)]
This book is an updated and expanded version of my previous self-published title, Make Materials That Change the World: Materials Science!. For this new edition, a senior undergraduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut, Wyeth Haddock, joined the project as a co-author and contributed several new chapters.
The book is designed to introduce materials science to high school seniors and first-year undergraduate students. Last year, I met several undergraduate readers of an earlier edition who went on to switch their major to Materials Science and Engineering after reading my book—clear evidence that it made a real impact!
If you’re looking for an accessible, high school–level book to introduce materials science to younger students, I hope this book becomes a valuable and inspiring resource. Thank you for your continued support—and I would truly appreciate it if you shared this with colleagues, educators, or students who might be interested.
– Seok-Woo Lee
PS) One New Chapter includes ‘DIY Bubble Raft Experiments’. You can enjoy some beautiful photo and videos (bubble nanowire and dislocation plasticity) at my group webpage, too.
