The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions

by Richard W. Bulliet

In this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on their axles and concludes five thousand years later with the caster, a single rotating and pivoting wheel.

Bulliet's most interesting finding is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231173385
• ISBN13: 9780231173384
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher