Glass Bathyscaphe (eBook)

How Glass Changed the World

MacFarlane Alan MacFarlane, Martin Gerry Martin (Autoren)

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2011
189 Seiten
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-84765-101-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A narrative history of glass from discovery, through antiquity, the Enlightenment, the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions to the present. It charts the history of the technology but also the enabling effects of glass on such aspects of civilization as experimental science, perspective, astronomy, zoology and all manner of scientific instrumentation - plus the central role of window-glass technology in making the colder north habitable. The authors show how the divergence in glass technology between west and east (China and Japan) explains differential aspects of E/W development. The last chapter develops the intriguing thesis that glass is one of the principal factors in the development of western civilization.

Rezensionen

A stimulating read that will make you think about the material world in a new way

Fascinating... a riveting story... the authors' explanations are wide-ranging and ingenious... presented with energy and insight. By piecing together "the shattered history of this extraordinary substance" Macfarlane and Martin have made a valuable contribution to the wider social history of technology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.10.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-84765-101-1 / 1847651011
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-101-3 / 9781847651013