Roland Ennos

The Age of Wood

Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781982114749
• ISBN-10: 1982114746
• Artikelnr.: 61189622

Autorenporträt

Roland Ennos is a visiting professor of biological sciences at the University of Hull. He is the author of successful textbooks on plants, biomechanics, and statistics, and his popular book Trees, published by the Natural History Museum, is now in its third edition. He is also the author of The Age of Wood and The Science of Spin. He lives in England. 

Rezensionen

"Ennos, a professor at the University of Hull in England and a specialist in the mechanical properties of trees, shares his insatiable curiosity with us. He applies his sharp eye for details, and he does so entertainingly." -Washington Post

"Ennos's special love and concern is for things made from trees...The principles of every significant technology, from tree-felling and carpentry to shipbuilding and papermaking, are described with a precise, almost mesmerizing detail." -New York Times Book Review