Bookshelf (Object Lessons)

Pyne, Lydia

ISBN 10: 1501307320 / ISBN 13: 9781501307324

Editore: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

160. Codice articolo 374950136

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull'autore:

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.

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Titolo: Bookshelf (Object Lessons)
Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Academic
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New