Handmade : a scientist's search for meaning through making
Ploszajski, Anna2021
Book
From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. 'Handmade' is the story of materials through making and doing. Author and material scientist Anna Ploszajski journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. With knowledge accumulated over generations through hands-on trial and error, these experimenters and tinkerers understand the materiality of objects far better than any scientist with a textbook.
Main title:
Handmade : a scientist's search for meaning through making / Anna Ploszajski.
Author:
Ploszajski, Anna, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472971074 (hbk)
Dewey class:
620.11
Language:
English
BRN:
3115123