Verwandte Artikel zu An Uncommon History of Common Things

An Uncommon History of Common Things - Softcover

Patrick, Bethanne; Thompson, John

 
9781435137141: An Uncommon History of Common Things
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1435137140 ISBN 13: 9781435137141
Verlag: FALL, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Sometime about 30,000 years ago, somebody stuck a sharp rock into a split stick—and presto! The axe was born. Our inquisitive species just loves tinkering, testing, and pushing the limits, and this delightfully different book is a freewheeling reference to hundreds of customs, notions, and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. From hand tools to holidays to weapons to washing machines, An Uncommon History of Common Things features hundreds of colorful illustrations, timelines, sidebars, and more as it explores just about every subject under the sun. Who knew that indoor plumbing has been around for 4,600 years, but punctuation, capital letters, and the handy spaces between written words only date back to the Dark Ages? Or that ancient soldiers baked a kind of pizza on their shields—when they weren’t busy flying kites to frighten their foes? Every page of this quirky compendium catalogs something fascinating, surprising, or serendipitous. A lively, incompar

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
FALL
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1435137140
ISBN 13 
9781435137141
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Gitzo
https://videndummediasolutions.com/en/

Via Valsugana, 100
Cassola
36022
Italien