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100 1 $aKérisel, Jean,$d1908-$eauthor.
240 10 $aPierres et hommes.$lEnglish
245 10 $aOf stones and man :$bfrom the pharaohs to the present day /$cJean Kerisel.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aBoca Raton :$bCRC Press,$c[2005].
264 4 $c©2005
300 $a1 online resource (128 pages) :$billustrations (some color), maps (some color)
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Do stones possess a soul? Ancient beliefs from Democritus to Lavoisier -- 2. The song of stones -- 3. Stone as a messenger -- 4. Stone obelisks to the glory of the all-powerful -- 5. The art of covering space : stone capitals, architraves and vaults -- 6. Inside the Great Pyramid -- 7. 'Tutti fuori, niente dietro' : all for show, nothing behind -- 8. Stones and man in religious architecture : from moderation to excess -- 9. Stones amid the waves -- 10. The Panama Canal and the soapstone of Culebra : a gigantic swindle -- 11. Works of stone engulfed by sand or water -- 12. Stone for the eternal home of the Pharaohs.
520 1 $a"Of Stones and Man explores the many errors of judgement made by civilizations both ancient and modern across the world. Arrogance and a penchant for excess drove mankind to build ever greater and more ambitious edifices. The author analyses these works from a scientific and historically-sensitive perspective, highlighting the hydro-geological background to repeated infamous disasters, from the faults inherent in the Sphinx to the leaning Tower of Pisa."--Jacket.
545 0 $aJean Kerisel was involved in a number of large-scale engineering projects, including the seven kilometer Maracaibo bridge linking the Northern part of Venezuela to Caracas. He was also involved in the construction of an industrial harbour in Sibari, Italy, and a dam in Brittany, France. He became advisor to construction companies working on the Paris metro and advised on express underground systems in other lands, for example Cairo. After chancing upon artefacts of ancient Egyptian activities at the bottom of excavation during the construction of the Cairo line, he visited all the main Pyramids and it was this research which led to a number of highly readable books.
588 0 $aVendor-supplied metadata.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY / Engineering / Civil$2bisacsh
650 0 $aStone buildings.
650 0 $aBuilding, Stone$xHistory.
655 4 $aElectronic books.
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