Bulletproof Vest (Paperback)

Kenneth R. Rosen

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York, 2020

1501353020 / 9781501353024

Serie: Libro 51 di 103 - Object Lessons

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Paperback. A WIRED 2020 Book of the YearObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. "Nothing's bulletproof," the salesman said. "The thing's only bullet resistant." The New York Times journalist Kenneth R. Rosen had just purchased his first bulletproof vest and was headed off on assignment. He was travelling into Mosul, Iraq, when he realized that the idea of a bulletproof vest is more effective than the vest itself. From its very inception, poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, or Kevlar, was meant for tires. Its humble roots and mundane applications are often lost, as it is now synonymous with body armor, war zones, and domestic terrorism. What Rosen learned through intimate use of his vest was that it acts as a metaphor for all the precautions we take toward digital, physical, and social security. Bulletproof Vest is at once an introspective journey into the properties and precisions of a bulletproof vest on a molecular level and on the world stage. It's also an ode to living precariously, an open letter that defends the notion that life is worth the risk.A portion of the authors proceeds will be donated to RISC, a nonprofit that provides emergency medical training to freelance conflict journalists. For more information, go to Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. A close look at an invention with a curious history and influence, an object that speaks to our notions of, and need for, security in all its forms. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
Bulletproof Vest (Paperback)
Autore
Kenneth R. Rosen
Editore
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1501353020
ISBN 13
9781501353024
Serie
Libro 51 di 103: Object Lessons

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