History in a Glass
Author: Ruth Reichl
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0679643125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ruth Reichl
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0679643125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alan Macfarlane
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002-10
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780226500287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 1588343243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--
Author: Tom Standage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-05-26
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0802718590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New York Times Bestseller * Soon to be a TV series starring Dan Aykroyd “There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst. They also represent six eras that span the course of civilization-from the adoption of agriculture, to the birth of cities, to the advent of globalization. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through each epoch's signature refreshment. As Standage persuasively argues, each drink is in fact a kind of technology, advancing culture and catalyzing the intricate interplay of different societies. After reading this enlightening book, you may never look at your favorite drink in quite the same way again.
Author: Seth C. Rasmussen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-02-23
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 3642281834
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Gianfranco Toso
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Murano: A History of Glass discusses the origins of glass production, describing methods used by the Egyptians and the Romans. The earliest evidence of glass-making in Murano dates from the 7th to 8th century AD and this beautifully illustrated book trac
Author: Chloe Zerwick
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes a pictorial survey of more than 100 color images illustrative of the wide variety of objects and styles of glassmaking as an art.
Author: Rosa Barovier Mentasti
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume presents the history of glass shown through 400 works ranging from ancient times to the new technological applications. Rarities and masterpieces of glass art from important Italian and foreign, public and private collections of antique, modern and contemporary glass are shown.
Author: Dan Klein
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781855018990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Jellinek
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780879102845
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(Limelight). This first-of-its-kind, highly entertaining, and carefully researched account reveals how nearly 200 operas by leading composers and librettists have portrayed the major events and personalities of more than 2000 years of history. In a continuous and absorbing narrative, the book sweeps from Roman times to 1820, with a cast of characters that includes Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Attila, Charlemagne, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Napoleon and hundreds more. All are seen as the figures historians generally perceive them to have been and as their on-stage counterparts, created and re-imagined by some of opera's greatest artists.