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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Pr
Publication date
July 1, 2002
Pages
159
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781568983387
ISBN-10
1568983387
Dimensions
1 by 8 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$24.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: As inventive as instructive, information wheels-or volvelles-have been used since the fourteenth century to measure, record, predict, and calculate everything form time and space to military history and recipes. In this fascinating book, designer and critic Jessica Helfand offers and in-depth look at these unique artifacts, which are not only clever and amusing-where else could you dial-in ingredients to concoct "Creamed Oysters and Celery"?-but, Helfand argues, relevant as a model for modern interactive design. From circular mathematical slide rules to Captain Marvel phonetic decoders; from nuclear bomb blast calculators to gestational breeding planners; and from astronomical planispheres to presidential trivia plotters, Reinventing the Wheel demonstrates the astonishing range and remarkable utility of these ingenious "interactive" tools.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
1 edition from Princeton Architectural Pr (July 1, 2002)
9781568983387 | details & prices | 159 pages | 8.00 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $24.95
About: As inventive as instructive, information wheels-or volvelles-have been used since the fourteenth century to measure, record, predict, and calculate everything form time and space to military history and recipes.
About: As inventive as instructive, information wheels-or volvelles-have been used since the fourteenth century to measure, record, predict, and calculate everything form time and space to military history and recipes.
Paperback
from Princeton Architectural Pr (May 4, 2006)
9781568985961 | details & prices | 158 pages | 8.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $18.95
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