Primary Wood Processing: Principles and Practice

Author:   John C.F. Walker
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2006
ISBN:  

9789048171200


Pages:   596
Publication Date:   10 November 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Samuel Johnson (of Boswell fame) said about writing, ‘whatever is written without effort is in general read without pleasure’ and ‘the unexamined word is not worth reading.’ However, even the most thoughtfully written text is unlikely to be described as a good read. This book is not an exhaustive review. Rather it is an uneven selection of examples whose interplay across disciplines hopefully illuminates what drives the practice of forest production, wood processing and consumer preferences. The choice of material is arbitrary reflecting personal biases. It is a summary of material presented to students at the NZ School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury. This book takes liberties with other peoples’ ideas, weaving them into fresh themes that are at best a work in progress. The philosopher Francis Bacon argued that ‘science is a debate in progress not a body of knowledge’ and also ‘truth emerges more readily from error than confusion’. We have taken the position that it is preferable to venture a reasoned opinion and be proved wrong than to waffle; so don’t swallow every sentence – ‘doubt everything’. The reader’s task is to unravel the conceits of generalizing and the risks of particularizing.

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Author:   John C.F. Walker
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2006
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.957kg
ISBN:  

9789048171200


ISBN 10:   9048171202
Pages:   596
Publication Date:   10 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The structure of wood: form and function.- Basic wood chemistry and cell wall ultrastructure.- Water in wood.- Dimensional instability in timber.- Wood quality: in context.- Wood quality: multifaceted opportunities.- Sawmilling.- Drying of timber.- Wood preservation.- Grading timber and glued structural members.- Wood-based composites: plywood and veneer-based products.- Wood-based panels: particleboard, fibreboards and oriented strand board.- Pulp and paper manufacture.- The energy sector: a hidden goliath.

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Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: ! Das Buch ! gibt einen sehr interessanten Uberblick zu Struktur, Eigenschaften und Verwendung von Holz. Es ist dem Autor gelungen, in sehr kompakter Form ein gut lesbares Werk vorzulegen ! Es ist ! in sehr anschaulicher Form umfassend zusammengestellt. ! Insbesondere im Bereich der Grundlagen gelang es, das aktuelle Wissen ! sehr gut und dicht zusammenzustellen. ! zahlreiche neue Arbeiten ! erganzen ! hervorragend die meist alteren Untersuchungen ! Die anwendungsorientierten Kapitel ! sind eher als erster Uberblick fur den Einsteiger oder den Studierenden der forstlichen Fachrichtungen ! sehr gut geeignet. (Peter Niemz, in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 2007, Vol. 158, Issue 3-4, S. 80)


Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: ! Das Buch ! gibt einen sehr interessanten Auberblick zu Struktur, Eigenschaften und Verwendung von Holz. Es ist dem Autor gelungen, in sehr kompakter Form ein gut lesbares Werk vorzulegen ! Es ist ! in sehr anschaulicher Form umfassend zusammengestellt. ! Insbesondere im Bereich der Grundlagen gelang es, das aktuelle Wissen ! sehr gut und dicht zusammenzustellen. ! zahlreiche neue Arbeiten ! erganzen ! hervorragend die meist alteren Untersuchungen ! Die anwendungsorientierten Kapitel ! sind eher als erster Auberblick fur den Einsteiger oder den Studierenden der forstlichen Fachrichtungen ! sehr gut geeignet. (Peter Niemz, in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 2007, Vol. 158, Issue 3-4, S. 80)


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