
Primary Wood Processing
Principles and Practice
John C.F. Walker(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 6. September 2006
Book
Hardback
X, 596 pages
978-1-4020-4392-5 (ISBN)
Description
Samuel Johnson (of Boswell fame) said about writing, 'whatever is written without effort is in general read without pleasure' and 'the unexamined word is not worth reading.' However, even the most thoughtfully written text is unlikely to be described as a good read. This book is not an exhaustive review. Rather it is an uneven selection of examples whose interplay across disciplines hopefully illuminates what drives the practice of forest production, wood processing and consumer preferences. The choice of material is arbitrary reflecting personal biases. It is a summary of material presented to students at the NZ School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury. This book takes liberties with other peoples' ideas, weaving them into fresh themes that are at best a work in progress. The philosopher Francis Bacon argued that 'science is a debate in progress not a body of knowledge' and also 'truth emerges more readily from error than confusion'. We have taken the position that it is preferable to venture a reasoned opinion and be proved wrong than to waffle; so don't swallow every sentence - 'doubt everything'. The reader's task is to unravel the conceits of generalizing and the risks of particularizing.
Reviews / Votes
Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: "... Das Buch ... gibt einen sehr interessanten Uberblick zu Struktur, Eigenschaften und Verwendung von Holz. Es ist dem Autor gelungen, in sehr kompakter Form ein gut lesbares Werk vorzulegen ... Es ist ... in sehr anschaulicher Form umfassend zusammengestellt. ... Insbesondere im Bereich der Grundlagen gelang es, das aktuelle Wissen ... sehr gut und dicht zusammenzustellen. ... zahlreiche neue Arbeiten ... erganzen ... hervorragend die meist alteren Untersuchungen ... Die anwendungsorientierten Kapitel ... sind eher als erster Uberblick fur den Einsteiger oder den Studierenden der forstlichen Fachrichtungen ... sehr gut geeignet." (Peter Niemz, in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 2007, Vol. 158, Issue 3-4, S. 80)More details
Edition
Second Edition 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
X, 596 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1037 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4020-4392-5 (9781402043925)
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-4393-7
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
The structure of wood: form and function.- Basic wood chemistry and cell wall ultrastructure.- Water in wood.- Dimensional instability in timber.- Wood quality: in context.- Wood quality: multifaceted opportunities.- Sawmilling.- Drying of timber.- Wood preservation.- Grading timber and glued structural members.- Wood-based composites: plywood and veneer-based products.- Wood-based panels: particleboard, fibreboards and oriented strand board.- Pulp and paper manufacture.- The energy sector: a hidden goliath.