World In A Glass
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Glass
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Author : Alan Macfarlane
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2002-10
Glass written by Alan Macfarlane and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefit of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators could see through the naked eye. In Glass: A World History, Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin tell the fascinating story of how glass has revolutionized the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Starting ten thousand years ago with its invention in the Near East, Macfarlane and Martin trace the history of glass and its uses from the ancient civilizations of India, China, and Rome through western Europe during the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution, and finally up to the present day. The authors argue that glass played a key role not just in transforming humanity's relationship with the natural world, but also in the divergent courses of Eastern and Western civilizations. While all the societies that used glass first focused on its beauty in jewelry and other ornaments, and some later made it into bottles and other containers, only western Europeans further developed the use of glass for precise optics, mirrors, and windows. These technological innovations in glass, in turn, provided the foundations for European domination of the world in the several centuries following the Scientific Revolution. Clear, compelling, and quite provocative, Glass is an amazing biography of an equally amazing subject, a subject that has been central to every aspect of human history, from art and science to technology and medicine.
World In A Glass
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Author : John Dos Passos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
World In A Glass written by John Dos Passos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.
How Glass Changed The World
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Author : Seth C. Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-02-23
How Glass Changed The World written by Seth C. Rasmussen and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Glass production is thought to date to ~2500 BC and had found numerous uses by the height of the Roman Empire. Yet the modern view of glass-based chemical apparatus (beakers, flasks, stills, etc.) was quite limited due to a lack of glass durability under rapid temperature changes and chemical attack. This “brief” gives an overview of the history and chemistry of glass technology from its origins in antiquity to its dramatic expansion in the 13th century, concluding with its impact on society in general, particularly its effect on chemical practices.
World Of Glass
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Author : Jan Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2020-05-12
World Of Glass written by Jan Greenberg and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The first children’s book about Dale Chihuly, the world-renowned glass sculptor His crew calls him Maestro. Thousands of fans call him a magician. Over the past five decades, Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) has created some of the most innovative and popular works of art in museums and gardens around the world. Authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan met with Chihuly in his studio for exclusive interviews discussing his early life, his passion for glassblowing, and his dazzling works. Lavishly illustrated with Chihuly’s art and family photographs, this book discusses Chihuly’s workshop and his glassblowing technique. The book includes a step-by-step look at how blown glass is created, a list of places to see Chihuly’s artwork, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
World In A Glass
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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The World Of Throne Of Glass
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Author : Sarah J. Maas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release Date : 2018-05-01
The World Of Throne Of Glass written by Sarah J. Maas and has been published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
World In A Glass
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Author : John Dos Passos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
World In A Glass written by John Dos Passos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.
The World Is Made Of Glass
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Author : Morris West
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2017-08-23
The World Is Made Of Glass written by Morris West and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-23 with Fiction categories.
Magda von Gamsfeld is beautiful, rich and intelligent, and on the verge of suicide. She has a consultation with the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung at a time when his personal life is in turmoil. Their confrontation is an extraordinary voyage through the mind that leads to a terrible admission of guilt. A cryptic and mysterious case history appears in the autobiography of pioneering Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung: 'A lady came to my office. She refused to give her name . . . What she had to communicate to me was a confession. Some twenty years ago, she had committed a murder . . .' Jung's encounter with the woman had an explosive effect on him, and brought him very close to total breakdown. Morris West recreates this episode in a gripping blend of truth and dramatic speculation. Set in pre-World War I Europe, The World is Made of Glass is a powerful novel of love, sexual obsession, murder and guilt. It has been called Morris West's finest creation of the imagination. 'An audacious and wonderful novel.' The Mail on Sunday 'An enthralling story.' The Spectator
Glass Making In The Greco Roman World
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Author : Patrick Degryse
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-21
Glass Making In The Greco Roman World written by Patrick Degryse and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-21 with Social Science categories.
New insights into the trade and processing of mineral raw materials for glass making - Free ebook at OAPEN Library (www.oapen.org) This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material. Contributors Annelore Blomme (KU Leuven), Sara Boyen (KU Leuven), Dieter Brems (KU Leuven), Florence Cattin (Université de Bourgogne), Mike Carremans (KU Leuven), Veerle Devulder (KU Leuven, UGent), Thomas Fenn (Yale University), Monica Ganio (Northwestern University), Johan Honings (KU Leuven), Rebecca Scott (KU Leuven)
The Whole World Over
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Author : Julia Glass
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-07-28
The Whole World Over written by Julia Glass and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-28 with Fiction categories.
Greenie Duquette lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her four-year-old son, George. Her husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. It is at Walter's restaurant that the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenie's coconut cake and decides to woo her away from the city to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she accepts - and finds herself heading west without her husband. This impulsive decision, along with events beyond Greenie's control, will change the course of several lives around her. The Whole World Over is a vividly human tale of longing and loss, folly and forgiveness, revealing the subtle mechanisms behind our most important, and often most fragile, connections to others.