The Evolution of Useful Things
By Henry Petroski
By Henry Petroski
By Henry Petroski
By Henry Petroski
Category: Science & Technology | World History
Category: Science & Technology | World History
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$17.00
Feb 01, 1994 | ISBN 9780679740391
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Dec 01, 2010 | ISBN 9780307773050
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Praise
“A celebration of inventiveness…By cataloging the clutter of our desks, closets, and workbenches, and giving them a human history, Petroski makes us feel more at home in our homes.”- Newsweek
“Petroski is a valuable resource—an engineer who examines the simplest, most ubiquitous tools in our live with an appraising eye.”- Washington Post Book World
“Mr. Petroski’s case histories delightfully illustrate his thesis… You never know when you will turn a page and find some tiny corner of your mind enlightened.”- The New York Times
“Petroski has an eye for the mundane that distracts and delights… [His] wealth of literary and cultural references runs from Aristotle… to Russell Baker… The book has substance.”- Newsday
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