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An examination of the commonplace things of everyday life which reveals them to be the marvellous feats of engineering they actually are. It ponders a host of techno-trivia questions - how the fork got its times, how the paper clip evolved, how the Post-It note came to be - and provides us with the answers that both astonish and challenge the imagination. In addition, the author explains how the interplay of social and technical factors affects the development and use of such everyday things. Throughout the book familiar items serve to illustrate the general principles behind the evolution of invention and engineering.
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"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."- NewsdayHenry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.
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- PublisherPavilion
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1857932951
- ISBN 13 9781857932959
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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