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This is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. It draws on a range of different cultures and is extensively illustrated.
This is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. It draws on a range of different cultures and is extensively illustrated.
Fillers for paints: fundamentals and applications
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"Materials are like words. The richer your design vocabulary, the more distinctive the design solutions you can express. Sketching ideas with a pencil or rendering them with computer software are useful experiences, but there is no substitute for confronting physical forms and m…
The theoretical framework of the discursive-material knot consists out of a non-hierarchical ontology of the interactions of the discursive and the material, articulating the assemblages that are driven by this ontological setting as restless and contingent, sometimes incessantl…
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction ! Richard J. Oosterhoff -- Part I. The Natures of Matter -- 1. Spirited Matter and Ingenious Nature: Accounting for Alchemical Change ! Jennifer M. Rampling -- 2. Deceiving the Senses: The Role of Vapors in Francis Bacon's Nat…
Now in its third edition, this text continues to take an integrated approach to the topic organization. One specific structure, characteristic, or property type at a time is discussed for all three basic material types - metals, ceramics, and polymers.