Details

Subject(s)

Glass—History [Browse]

Related name

• Martin, Gerry [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-233) and index.

Contents

1 Invisible glass -- 2 Glass in the West-from Mesopotamia to Venice -- 3 Glass and the origin of early science -- 4 Glass and the Renaissance -- 5 Glass and later science -- 6 Glass in the East -- The clash of civilisations -- 8 Spectacles and predicaments -- 9 Visions of the world -- App. 1 Types of glass -- App. 2 The role of glass in twenty experiments that changed the world -- Further reading -- Sources for quoted passages -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0226500284 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002020493

OCLC

49860084

RCP

N - S