Designing Our Lives
A History of the World in Five and a Half Objects
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-304-35595-2 (ISBN)
Description
Published to tie in with a BBC2 series, this book draws on the history of certain fundamentals - things or objects that have shaped the manmade world we inhabit - each forming the basis of a different theme to explain the history of the phyisical world around us.
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Edition
Media tie-in
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
Media tie-in
Illustrations
75 colour and b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-35595-2 (9780304355952)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Janice Kirkpatrick is a writer and broadcaster and rising star in the firmament of history and design. She has won many awards, such as the Conran Foundation Award and the Newbery Medal. She founded her own company at the age of 24
Content
The chair (status);the word (power);the wheel (speed);the home (place); the body (nature);the idea (invisibility).