The illustrated history of the elements : earth, water, air, fire

Resource Information

The work The illustrated history of the elements : earth, water, air, fire represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The illustrated history of the elements : earth, water, air, fire

Title remainder

earth, water, air, fire

Statement of responsibility

Jan Kozák, Roger M. W. Musson

Creator

• Kozák, Jan, 1938-

Contributor

• Musson, Roger

Subject

• Fine arts
• Geology
• Natural disasters -- Pictorial works
• Physical geography
• Earth

Genre

• Pictorial works

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

LQU

Dewey number

• 551.022/2
• 700

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

GB5014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography