Rope : how a bundle of twisted fibers became the backbone of civilization /
A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod Tim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most. In Rope, Queeney takes readers on a ride through the...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2025].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Dad's Knots
- We All Pull Together
- Stitching Boats, Raising Pyramids
- Cordage Gets to Work
- A Line to the Divine
- Getting the Message
- Controlling the Age of Sail
- Cashing In
- Food from Beneath the Waves
- Crime and Punishment
- Woven Metal
- From Petroleum to Rope
- Rope Tricks
- Roped to Adventure
- Tied up in Science
- Future Yarns.