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Material Marvels eBook Series

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  • Glass: Looking In, Looking Out

    by Larissa Theule ...
    Illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov ...
    Series series Material Marvels
    "As clear and colorful as its topic." —Kirkus ReviewsThe author of Concrete: From the Ground Up brings her illuminating and often dry-humored approach to reflecting on another marvel of the everyday world.Meteoric collisions, volcanic eruptions, lightning strikes. Three catastrophes, all capable of producing glass—the stuff we use to protect us from the elements, send images, store energy, aid ... Read more

    $18.71 CAD

  • Concrete: From the Ground Up

    by Larissa Theule ...
    Illustrated by Steve Light ...
    Series series Material Marvels
    A stylish, eye-opening, utterly engaging, and often wry look at one of the marvels of the material world, from the ground up.From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, sturdy lighthouses and magnificent palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD