TY - GEN T1 - Golf ball A1 - Brown, Harry J. (Harry John), 1972- LA - English PP - New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn928992248 AB - Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Harry Brown explores the composition, history, kinetic life, and the long deterioration of golf balls, which as it turns out may outlive their hitters by a thousand years, in places far beyond our reach. Golf balls embody our efforts to impose our will on the land, whether the local golf course or the Moon, but their unpredictable spin, bounce, and roll often defy our control. Despite their considerable technical refinements, golf balls reveal the futility of control. They inevita. OP - 150 CN - GV976 .B76 2015eb SN - 1628921412 SN - 9781628921410 SN - 9781628921403 SN - 1628921404 SN - 1628921382 SN - 1628921390 KW - Golf balls : History. KW - Balles de golf : Histoire. KW - Media studies. KW - Philosophy: aesthetics. KW - Cultural studies. KW - Literary theory. KW - GAMES : Gambling : Sports. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : Business Aspects. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : Essays. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : History. KW - SPORTS & RECREATION : Reference. KW - TRAVEL : Special Interest : Sports. KW - Golf balls KW - History ER -