Reinventing the wheel : volvelles, equatoria, planispheres, fact-finders, gestational charts ... / Jessica Helfand.

Main entry:

Helfand, Jessica, author.

Title & Author:

Reinventing the wheel : volvelles, equatoria, planispheres, fact-finders, gestational charts ... / Jessica Helfand.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 159).
Rotation: a brief history of the wheel -- Iteration: circular ephemera & the new century -- Speculation: modern revolutions.

Summary:

Information wheels have been used since the 14th century to measure, record, predict and calculate everything from time and space to military history and recipes. This volume shows the range and use of these ingenious tools.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568983387
9781568983387
9781568985961
1568985967

Subject:

Circle in art.
Wheels in art.
Art history
Cercle dans l'art.
Roues dans l'art.
Kreis
Kunst
Rad
Cirkels.
Informatiedragers.
Vormgeving.
Grafische vormgeving.
Art History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233137
Call No.: N7431.5 .H45 2002
Status: Available

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