Title:
A brief history of motion : from the wheel, to the car, to what comes next / Tom Standage.
ISBN:
9781635573619
9781526608321
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
xv, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Wheels in the ancient world -- Your carriage awaits -- Under one's own steam -- The rubber hits the road -- You are what you drive -- Who owns the streets? -- The road to suburbia -- Car culture -- The fall and rise of the electric car -- All hail the ride -- From horseless to driverless -- The road ahead.
Summary:
A look at the history of human transportation, from the invention of the wheel through the era of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.
OCLC Number:
on1184237267
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
