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Product Identifiers

PublisherQuantuck Lane Press & T.H.E. Mill Road Collaborative, T.H.E.

ISBN-101593720394

ISBN-139781593720391

eBay Product ID (ePID)79743042

Product Key Features

Book TitleConcrete : a Seven Thousand Year History

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicMaterials Science / General, General

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Architecture

AuthorReese Palley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight33.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-037430

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal620.1/3609

SynopsisPalley takes us from concrete's earliest beginnings, including the startling proof that at least one of the pyramids was partially poured, through the building of the Eddystone Light, to the dramatic building explosion in the use of concrete during the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first century. He discusses the environmental impact of the production of concrete and attempts to find substitutes for the burning of lime. He ends by contemplating outer space, where almost all of the elements needed to build extraterrestrial communities already exist in the chemical makeup of the moon and Mars., For seven thousand years concrete has periodically shaped the path of human progress. Reese Palley's fascinating history of this ubiquitous and versatile material chronicles the repeated and often centuries-long losses of the technology and its many reemergences and the cultural, scientific, and engineering accomplishments it has enabled. Palley takes us from concrete's earliest beginnings, including the startling proof that at least one of the pyramids was partially poured, through the building of the Eddystone Light, to the dramatic building explosion in the use of concrete during the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first century. He discusses the environmental impact of the production of concrete and attempts to find substitutes for the burning of lime. He ends by contemplating outer space, where almost all of the elements needed to build extraterrestrial communities already exist in the chemical makeup of the moon and Mars., A historical account of our most versatile building material, beginning in ancient Egypt and ending on the moon.

LC Classification NumberTA439.P245 2010