The Museum of the Wood Age - Paperback

Name: The Museum of the Wood Age - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781788543514
Price: 19.99 USD
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by Max Adams

$19.99

Book Overview

A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history.

Wood - humankind's long-term partner in our evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny - has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability.

The Museum of the Wood Age investigates the influence of basic devices - wedge, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel, axle and pulley - to reveal 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.

ISBN	9781788543514
Author	Max Adams
Publisher	Apollo Publishing International
Genre	Hobbies & interests and History
Format	Paperback
Published	February 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	464
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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