Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Harry Brown explores the composition, history, kinetic life, and thelong deterioration of golf balls, which as it turns out may outlive their hitters by athousand years, in places far beyond our reach. Golf balls embody our effortsto impose our will on the land, whether the local golf course or theMoon, but their unpredictable spin, bounce, and roll often defy ourcontrol. Despite their considerable technical refinements, golf ballsreveal the futility of control. They inevitably disappear in plain sightand find their way into hazards. Golf balls play with people.Harry Brown's short treatise on the golf ball serves up surprising lessons about the human desire to tame and control the landscape through technology. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Språkversjon | Engelsk |
Bokomslagstype | Heftet |
Antall sider | 160 sider |
Foreslått kjønn | Alle kjønn |
Skrevet av | Harry Brown |
Utgiver | Bloomsbury Academic |
Utgivelsessted | London, UK |
Utgivelsesdato (DD/MM/ÅÅÅÅ) | 29/01/2015 |
Utgivelse år | 2015 |
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9781628921380 |
Minimum ordreantall | 1 stykker |
Vekt og dimensjoner | |
Bredde | 121 mm |
Høyde | 165 mm |
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