Bookshelf (Object Lessons)

Pyne, Lydia

ISBN 10: 1501307320 / ISBN 13: 9781501307324

Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

160. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 374950136

Inhaltsangabe:

Shows that, whether in the library, office, or home, the bookshelf is where and how we create categories to sort knowledge and experience and that every bookshelf tells a different story.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Lydia Pyne is a writer and historian, interested in the history of science and material culture. She has degrees in history and anthropology and a PhD in history and philosophy of science from Arizona State University, and is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her field and archival work has ranged from South Africa, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, and Iran, as well as the American Southwest.

Lydia's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, History Today, Time, The Scientist, Nautilus, The Appendix, Lady Science and Electric Literature as well as The Public Domain Review, and her previous book was Seven Skeletons, the story of human origins. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she is an avid rock climber and mountain biker.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bookshelf (Object Lessons)
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New