TECHNO-MATTER: THE MATERIALS BEHIND THE MARVELS by Fred Bortz (Twenty-first Century Books, Millbrook Press, 2001, ages 11-up) Full color, reinforced library binding, ISBN#0761314695.

Techno-Matter is the winner of the following significant awards:

• The 2002 American Institute of Physics annual award for Children's Science Writing in the area of physics or astronomy
  
• List of Los Angeles' 100 Best Books: 2001, a balanced acquisition list distributed by the LA Unified School District and the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association
  
• Best Grade 7-12 Science book of 2001, Society of School Librarians International
  
• 2002 selection for the New York Public Library's list of Books for the Teen Age

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Summary:
Modern technology depends on materials that nature can't make but humans can. Materials Science and its practical cousin, Materials Engineering, may be the Rodney Dangerfield of technology -- they do not receive the respect they so richly deserve. After reading this book, you'll never look at the materials around you in the same way.

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