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The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions
Richard Bulliet
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Description for The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 106 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: PDR; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
In this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on their axles and concludes five thousand years later with the caster, a single rotating and pivoting wheel. Bulliet's most interesting finding is that a simple desire to move things from place to place did not drive the wheel's development. If that were the case, the wheel could have ... Read more
In this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on their axles and concludes five thousand years later with the caster, a single rotating and pivoting wheel. Bulliet's most interesting finding is that a simple desire to move things from place to place did not drive the wheel's development. If that were the case, the wheel could have ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Columbia Studies in International and Global History
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231173384
SKU
V9780231173384
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About Richard Bulliet
Richard W. Bulliet taught Middle Eastern history and the history of technology at Columbia University from 1976 to 2015. He is the author of Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History; Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships; The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization; Islam: The View from the Edge; and ... Read more
Reviews for The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions
This is a wonderful book, brimming at once with fascinating tales and with fundamental insights into the nature of invention.
Patrick Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History, University of Pittsburgh A fascinating book. New Scientist This concise and well-executed work is technology history at its best... Simply excellent, this work will appeal not just to history readers ... Read more
Patrick Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History, University of Pittsburgh A fascinating book. New Scientist This concise and well-executed work is technology history at its best... Simply excellent, this work will appeal not just to history readers ... Read more