The illustrated history of the elements : earth, water, air, fire / Jan Kozák, Roger M. W. Musson.
2020
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Title
The illustrated history of the elements : earth, water, air, fire / Jan Kozák, Roger M. W. Musson.
Author
Kozák, Jan, 1938-
ISBN
9783030214265 (electronic book)
3030214265 (electronic book)
9783030214241
3030214265 (electronic book)
9783030214241
Published
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-21
Call Number
GB5014
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.022/2
700
700
Summary
This beautiful art book portrays the forces of nature through the main elements of Earth, Water, Air, Fire. It is composed from a large selection of unique images of a wide variety of sources, mostly private collections. It is a highly illustrated book, containing reproductions of rare engravings, maps both old and new, sketches, and diagrams. The book is a sequel to 'The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters, published in 2010. While the first book provided a detailed look into two main kinds of natural disasters (of Seismic and Volcanic character), this volume presents natural disasters of all kinds: Geophysical, Hydrological, Climatological and Biological. The book is divided into three parts: the first part introduces the leading question as to whether the elements should be regarded as constructive, for giving origin to life on Earth, or destructive given the impact of natural disasters to society throughout history; the second illustrates the positive effects of natures elements; and the third part depicts and contextualizes the history of natural disasters such as Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcano Eruptions, Landslides, Avalanches, Droughts, Storms, Fires, among others. Regardless of the fact that the order of filing the historical images in the present book according to obsolete classical four-elements concept by Empedocles and Aristotle, in the book text also a new, modern class of element-like categories, fitting the present gnosis in physics, is propound.
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Musson, Roger.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Earth
Chapter 3. Water
Chapter 4. Air
Chapter 5. Fire
Conclusions
Postscript
References.
Chapter 2. Earth
Chapter 3. Water
Chapter 4. Air
Chapter 5. Fire
Conclusions
Postscript
References.