Today, rope continues to pervade society, though its form has changed as natural fibers have given way to more advanced ...

Tim Queeney surveys the history of rope, the surprisingly varied materials from which it has been made, its manifest uses and ...

In addition to highlighting it as a technology, Queeney explores what might be called the spiritual side of rope. It’s ...

Humans have been braiding fibers into cordage for thousands of years. We may not notice all the ways ropes tie our world ...