On the Map
Autor Simon Garfielden Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 noi 2013
Considerăm că On The Map nu este doar o cronică a distanțelor, ci o investigație asupra modului în care reprezentarea spațiului a modelat identitatea umană. Simon Garfield începe această incursiune cu o ipoteză fascinantă: capacitatea de a cartografia a fost, probabil, saltul cognitiv care ne-a separat de restul primatelor, precedând chiar dezvoltarea limbajului. Structura cărții urmărește cronologic transformarea viziunii noastre asupra lumii, de la hărțile exploratorilor timpurii și simbolismul religios din Mappa Mundi medievală, până la precizia algoritmică a Google Maps. Găsim în acest volum un echilibru între rigoarea istorică și curiozitățile tehnice, autorul explorând modul în care hărțile reflectă atât ambițiile, cât și erorile omenirii. Această ediție se remarcă prin includerea unor „pocket maps” — secțiuni scurte, pline de spirit, despre aspecte practice sau neobișnuite ale domeniului. On The Map reprezintă o alternativă narativă la Maps and Civilization de Norman J. W. Thrower pentru cursurile de geografie istorică, având avantajul unui stil accesibil, orientat către poveștile umane din spatele coordonatelor. Față de abordarea strict vizuală din Great Maps de Jerry Brotton, Simon Garfield pune accent pe intriga cartografică și pe personalitățile excentrice care au desenat lumea. Lucrarea se integrează perfect în bibliografia autorului, completând temele explorate în Just My Type sau Timekeepers, unde fenomene cotidiene precum tipografia sau timpul sunt analizate prin prisma impactului lor cultural profund.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1592407803
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC
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Recomandăm această carte oricărui cititor pasionat de istorie și tehnologie care dorește să înțeleagă cum am ajuns să stăpânim spațiul geografic. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nouă asupra instrumentelor pe care le folosiți zilnic pe telefon, descoperind că în spatele fiecărei linii de pe hartă se află secole de explorări, conflicte și inovație. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege „de ce lumea arată așa cum arată”.
Despre autor
Simon Garfield este un reputat scriitor britanic, colaborator al publicației The Observer și autor a numeroase lucrări de non-ficțiune apreciate internațional. Printre succesele sale se numără Mauve, inclusă pe lista New York Times Notable Books, și The End of Innocence, distinsă cu Premiul Somerset Maugham în 1995. Stilul său se caracterizează printr-o curiozitate enciclopedică, explorând adesea istorii de nișă — de la micro-universul din In Miniature la istoria enciclopediilor în All the Knowledge in the World. Simon Garfield reușește să transforme subiecte aparent tehnice în narațiuni captivante despre ingeniozitatea umană.
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Praise for On the Map
“Simon Garfield is charming company. His passion for the graphic carries the reader along […] On the Map offers a world of revelation.”
–USA Today
“Mr. Garfield's book serves an immense need, connecting the latest geocacher with both the ancient art and modern science of the cartographer. Each may benefit from learning how the other approaches maps. Mr. Garfield uniquely provides that bridge.”
–Pittsburgh Post Gazette
“There is a great deal that is good and charming and fun about this book.”
–Simon Winchester, The Washington Post
“Garfield has a knack for creating high-spirited, erudite and user-friendly books on subjects that may seem crashingly dull to all but a few fanatics. […] On the Map is a treasure: exhilarating, witty, compulsively readable and just plain fun.”
–Seattle Times
“A collection of marvelous anecdotes that explore the role maps have played in shaping human culture since ancient times.”
–NPR.org
“Garfield’s new book details the evolution of cartography and why maps play such a vital role in our lives. […] his reverence for the form shines through vividly.”
–Penthouse
“Garfield’s interest in the human side of mapmaking— the personalities, anecdotes, curiosities—is what makes On the Map such an enjoyable read. […] vastly entertaining.”
–BookPage
"Garfield is a wonderful writer who deploys suspense to excellent effect, making each chapter read like a delightful short story or mini-mystery; his book speaks of vast, hidden depths."
–Smithsonian Magazine
“A vivid foray into the romance of maps. [...] A fine, fun presentation of the brand of cartography that continues to whet our imaginations.”
–Kirkus
“Engaging …full of little conversation pieces”
–Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Enlightening and impossible to put down [. . .] The length and breadth of his scholarship are staggering, while the witty tone makes for the most convivial of literary guides."
–Booklist
"Readers will enjoy this romp through 16,000 years of mapmaking."
–Library Journal, starred review
"Delightful... If maps be the fuel of wanderlust, read on."
–From the foreword by Dava Sobel, author of Longitudes
“There couldn’t be anyone better to write about our love for maps than Simon Garfield, who is a master at unearthing strange facts and mixing them with a lively personal narrative...fascinating.”
–Giles Foden, Condé Nast Traveller (UK)
–Daily Mail (UK)
“A pub quizzer’s dream . . . Rather than over-romanticise the experience of map-reading, Garfield allows his varied, expertly researched stories to speak for themselves, and in so doing helps us see that there are fewer things in life more useful, rewarding and beautiful than a map that does what it’s supposed to. Perhaps if Apple had read the book a few months ago, today’s iPhone users would have a much better idea of where they’re going.”
–Daily Telegraph (UK)
“This is a smart, funny, accessible book that does for typography what Lynne Truss’s best-selling Eats, Shoots &Leaves did for punctuation: made it noticeable for people who had no idea they were interested in such things.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"An engaging look at the world of fonts. […] Just My Type urges us to put on the brakes and take in the scenery as far as typography goes. Whether you're a graphic designer or a layperson with no background in this area, reading what Garfield has to say will change the way you perceive the written word forever."
—The Los Angeles Times
“Reading Simon Garfield’s Just My Type can transform your daily life into an endless quest for knowledge of the typefaces in which signs, books, magazines, newspapers, etc. are set.”
—The Washington Post
“Highly entertaining … Garfield takes readers on a rollicking tour of the world of typography, from book jackets to road signs, TV shows to computers.”
—USA Today
“A deliriously clever and entertaining book”
—The Boston Globe
“Informative, delightful — and essential reading for word geeks everywhere.”
—The Seattle Times
“Lively […] intriguing […] a cheeky book about the human side and our reaction to fonts.”
—Seattle Post Intelligencer
“This is a book for typography lovers who just can't get enough of their favorite fonts. In this well-researched book, Garfield takes a look back at the history of typefaces and how they've influenced consumers throughout the years. Using specific examples, Garfield shows just how powerful different fonts can be.”
—Philadelphia Intelligencer
“For typomaniacs […] who can't rest until they've identified a font, Garfield's engaging history of letter design will be eye candy.”
—NPR.org
"Irresistable."
—The Huffington Post
“Garfield’s romping history (with multitype text) is zestfully informative.”
—Booklist
“Garfield dances across 560 years of typographic history, sprinkled with fascinating anecdotes and vignettes, to infect you with his own inability to walk past a sign without identifying the typeface and some curious factoid about it. Funny and fascinating, irreverent and playful yet endlessly illuminating, the book is an absolute treat for the type-nerd, design history geek, and general lover of intelligent writing with humor.”
—The Atlantic
“A thoroughly entertaining, well-informed tour of typefaces”
—Kirkus
A “lively romp through the history of fonts. Garfield’s evocative prose entices us to see letters instead of just reading them.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Whether you’re a hardcore typophile or a type-tyro, there’s something here for you: be it the eye-opening revelations of Eric Gill’s utter and complete perversity, or the creation of the typeface that helped Mr. Obama gain entrance to the White House.”
—Chip Kidd
"Just My Type is an entertaining romp through the world of type design. Mr. Garfield explains the angst and the joy of typography; this is a great book for design geeks to press into the hands of the uninitiated in hopes of conversions, like missionaries with a religious tract."
—Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife
“With wit, grace and intelligence, Simon Garfield tells the fascinating stories behind the letters that we encounter every day on our street corners, our bookstore shelves, and our computer screens. As someone who's worked with typography for over three decades, I kept finding lots of surprises. So will anyone who cares about the culture of reading and writing and this most ubiquitous of design forms.”
—Michael Bierut, Partner, Pentagram Design, New York
"There is even a photograph of a quick brown fox literally jumping over a lazy dog. What a clever, clever book."
—Lynne Truss
“Did I love this book? My daughter's middle name is Bodoni. Enough said.”
—Maira Kalman
"Mapping out the historical intricacies of the ampersand and the short-lived interrobang, the serif and the sans serif, Simon Garfield reveals an invisible world behind the printed word. From Trajan's Column to the ubiquitous Helvetica to the latest typefaces, like Dirtyfax, the lives of the designers and the letters they've created have never been more clearly detailed with so much flair."
—Jessica Kerwin Jenkins, author of Encyclopedia of the Exquisite