Air : and what we associate with it : science, architecture, design / Oliver Herwig, Axel Thallemer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Stuttgart : Arnoldsche ; Woodbridge : ACC Distribution [distributor], 2005.Description: 224 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:- 9783897902145 (hbk.) :
- 3897902141 (hbk.)
- 724.6 HER
- NA680
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 724.6 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 128517 |
What is air? This book tries to unite culture, art and science. From an onthropocentric perspective, this work examines the topic across a broad range of sciences and disciplines, from antiquity to today--Back cover.
English and German text.
The authors approach the phenomenon of air from many angles. The focus is on modern pioneering achievements in science, architecture and design: how we have discovered air as a building material or the most recent technical applications, in pneumatics, to take one example.