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The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $18.99
Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
A History of Design and Circumstance
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $18.99
Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
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The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2010
Price: $11.99
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2010
Price: $11.99
How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch?
In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.99
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.99
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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