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Magnet (Object Lessons) by Eva K. Barbarossa; Christopher Schaberg (Series edited by); Ian Bogost (Series edited by)
19.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For over two thousand years magnets have inspired tales of myth, magic, exploration, science, and art. From the physical to the metaphorical, our language is littered with magnetic allusions: magn ...Show more
Ocean (Object Lessons) by Steve Mentz
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Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The ocean comprises the largest object on our planet. Retelling human history from an oceanic rather than terrestrial point of view unsettles our relationship with the natural environment. Unlike ...Show more
Perfume (Object Lessons) by Megan Volpert; Christopher Schaberg (Series edited by); Ian Bogost (Series edited by)
19.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Our sense of smell is crucial to our survival. We can smell fear, disease, food. Fragrance is also entertainment. We can smell an expensive bottle of perfume at a high-end department store. Perhaps ...Show more
Pill (Object Lessons) by Robert Bennett
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. "You are what you eat." Never is this truer than when we use medications, from beta blockers and aspirin to Viagra and epidurals-and especially psychotropic pills that transform our minds as well ...Show more
Potato (Object Lessons) by Rebecca Earle
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Category: Food | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes frites . . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To the United Nations they mean global food security (potatoes are the world's fourth most impor ...Show more
Recipe (Object Lessons) by Lynn Z. Bloom; Christopher Schaberg (Series edited by); Ian Bogost (Series edited by)
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Category: Food | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instructions on how to prepare a dish or perform a process. These include lessons in hospitality, friendship, c ...Show more
Remote Control (Object Lessons) by Caetlin Anne Benson-Allott
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Category: Design | Series: Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. While we all use remote controls, we understand little about their history or their impact on our daily lives. Caetlin Benson-Allot looks back on the remote control's material and cultural history ...Show more
Spacecraft (Object Lessons) by Timothy Morton; Christopher Schaberg (Series edited by); Ian Bogost (Series edited by)
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Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth, actual rockets explode over Texas while others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft, and just what can they teach us about imagination, ecology, democracy, and the nature of objects? Why do certain spacecraft stand out in popular culture?If ...Show more