2026-05-30 03:22 UTC
First was “The Violin” by David Schoenbaum. This is your one-stop-shop for violin chronology, covering the diffusion and evolution of the instrument, the business of its construction and sale, the collector's market, education, and of course performance. I would not classify this as a history, as there's very little in the way of analysis, and almost no macro statistics or trends on the different topics the book covers
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/11401427/s/an-epic-chronology#anchor-11401427 (2/3)
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@bwaber@hci.social 2026-05-30 03:22
Last was “Things Fall Together” by Skylar Tibbits. This is a good introduction to the wide class of material fabrication techniques enabling people to use computational tools to embed intelligence into materials. Most of the book consists of listing off techniques and case studies, rather than a more systematic analysis and review Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/11405383/s/a-surface-level-introduction#anchor-11405383 (3/3)