I must admit that I did not read the book, but recently I saw the movie "Frankie's House" which was made by Australian TV and I think it is one of the best movies I ever saw, only I missed the last 15 minutes on the tape. He uses arcane terms that haven't been used in years,
- Title : Concrete: A Seven-Thousand-Year History
- Author : Reese Palley
- Rating : 4.75 (353 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-9-18
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 232 Pages
- Asin : 1593720394
- Language : English
I must admit that I did not read the book, but recently I saw the movie "Frankie's House" which was made by Australian TV and I think it is one of the best movies I ever saw, only I missed the last 15 minutes on the tape. He uses arcane terms that haven't been used in years, such as Chaldea when talking about Uruk period architecture. Each rely on the other to accomplish--brilliantly--this 3 volume set of books well worth the price.For those collecting fine books but also as a legacy to be passed down or on to those who love exquisite books.. This is the most entertaining AND informative book I have ever read on any subject. Not a bad life for a guy who once hustled "Ever Retty" flashlight bulbs out of a canal boat in Thailand! Page's loyalty to his deceased colleagues is revealed in his accounts of his "high times" with Sean Flynn and Dana Stone and others who all either lost their lives or their hearts in Southeast Asia the list goes on and on, page after page.. I didn't mind him making the argument, but what I did mind was that heHe lives in Philadelphia.
. Historian Reese Palley is the author of many books and articles, including Wooden Ships & Iron Men: The Maritime Art of Thomas Hoyne, Concrete: A Seven-Thousand Year History, and The Answer: Why Only Mini Nuclear Power Plants Can Save the World. About the Author Historian Reese Palley is the author of many books and articles, including Wooden Ships & Iron Men: The Maritime Art of Thomas Hoyne, Concrete: A Seven-Thousand Year History, and The Answer: Why Only Mini Nuclear Power Plants Can Save the World. He lives in Philadelphia200 four-color & b/w photographs. Reese Palley’s fascinating history of this ubiquitous and versatile material chronicles the repeated and often centuries-long losses of the technology and its many reemergences and the cultural, scientific, and engineering accomplishments it has enabled.Palley takes us from concrete’s earliest beginnings, including the startling proof that at least one of the pyramids was partially poured, through the building of the Eddystone Light, to the dramatic building explosion in the use of concrete during the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first century. He discusses the environmental impact of the production of concrete and attempts to find substitutes for the burning of lime. He ends by contemplating outer space, where almost all of the elements needed to build extraterrestrial communities already exist in the chemical makeup of the moon and Mars. A historical account of our most versatile building material, beginning in ancient Egypt and ending on the moon. For seven thousand years concrete has periodically shaped the path of human progress
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