Author: Max Adams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788543491
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood – the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that partnership through tools, devices, construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores the role that wood has played in our own history as an imaginative, curious and resourceful species. Beginning with an investigation of the material properties of various species of wood, The Museum of the Wood Age investigates the influence of six basic devices – wedge, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel, axle and pulley – and in so doing reveals the myriad ways in which wood has been worked throughout human history. From the simple bivouacs of hunter-gatherers to sophisticated wooden buildings such as stave churches; from the decorative arts to the humble woodworking of rustic furniture; Max Adams fashions a lattice of interconnected stories and objects that trace a path of human ingenuity across half a million years of history.
The Museum of the Wood Age
Author: Max Adams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788543491
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood – the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that partnership through tools, devices, construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores the role that wood has played in our own history as an imaginative, curious and resourceful species. Beginning with an investigation of the material properties of various species of wood, The Museum of the Wood Age investigates the influence of six basic devices – wedge, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel, axle and pulley – and in so doing reveals the myriad ways in which wood has been worked throughout human history. From the simple bivouacs of hunter-gatherers to sophisticated wooden buildings such as stave churches; from the decorative arts to the humble woodworking of rustic furniture; Max Adams fashions a lattice of interconnected stories and objects that trace a path of human ingenuity across half a million years of history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788543491
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood – the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that partnership through tools, devices, construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores the role that wood has played in our own history as an imaginative, curious and resourceful species. Beginning with an investigation of the material properties of various species of wood, The Museum of the Wood Age investigates the influence of six basic devices – wedge, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel, axle and pulley – and in so doing reveals the myriad ways in which wood has been worked throughout human history. From the simple bivouacs of hunter-gatherers to sophisticated wooden buildings such as stave churches; from the decorative arts to the humble woodworking of rustic furniture; Max Adams fashions a lattice of interconnected stories and objects that trace a path of human ingenuity across half a million years of history.
The Age of Wood
Author: Roland Ennos
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982114746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982114746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.
Fright at the Museum
Author: Karen A. Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683424376
Category : Cheerleaders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Girls hunting oddities and supernatural things, or GHOST squad. A spook in the school carnival is scaring all the kids away. Features fast-paced action, diverse characters, and excellent nonfiction back matter resources.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683424376
Category : Cheerleaders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Girls hunting oddities and supernatural things, or GHOST squad. A spook in the school carnival is scaring all the kids away. Features fast-paced action, diverse characters, and excellent nonfiction back matter resources.
The Time Museum
Author: Matthew Loux
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596438495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Science-loving Delia Bean is expecting to have a pretty boring summer vacation, but when her Uncle Lyndon offers her an internship in his Earth Time Museum, everything begins to look better.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596438495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Science-loving Delia Bean is expecting to have a pretty boring summer vacation, but when her Uncle Lyndon offers her an internship in his Earth Time Museum, everything begins to look better.
The Wood Age
Author: Roland Ennos
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008318871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008318871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs
The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic, and Lady's Magazine and Museum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Wood's Medical and surgical monographs. v. 4, 1889
The Cathedral Age
The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine:
Author: William Granger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Characters and characteristics
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Characters and characteristics
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description