Instead of the usual ya-boo about sustainability, this is a pragmatic guide to getting more value from less stuff. Researched with long-term co-operation from industry, it emphasizes facts and evidence but is aimed at a popular readership.
BBC News Magazine
Well researched with reasoned and compelling arguments... This is essential reading for both student and practitioner, particularly those ... Read morein senior management positions. 10/10.
Materials World (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining)
A valuable, impartial expert source in an important debate.
BOING BOING
The book offers perspectives from fundamental materials science, process engineering, product design and architecture, and economics not seen in most materials texts.
Science
An excellent book ... the message is clear and convincing: We can’t go on using materials the way we have been for the past 150 years, but fortunately, we don’t have to. We can meet the world’s growing need for the stuff of modern life, avoid the worst effects of climate change, and preserve the environment for future generations.
Bill Gates, Gates Notes
This is something you don’t see every day: a substantial, carefully-researched book on how to reform our manufacturing industries for policy-makers trying to cut emissions, and anyone in manufacturing, it should be required reading.
New Scientist Culture Lab
Accessible, fact-filled and entertaining read.
Friends of the Earth Blog
Allwood and Cullen write about engineering with the elegance of the best pop-science writers... A valuable, impartial expert source in an important debate.
Boing Boing
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