Name: The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They Are. How Everyday Artefacts. And Zippers - Came to be as They are (en Inglés)
SKU: 1548376
Price: 482.80 MXN
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Author: Henry Petroski
ISBN: 9780679740391

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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. How Everyday Artefacts. And Zippers - Came to be as They are (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Vintage

Autor

Henry Petroski

Año

1994

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

304

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

ISBN

0679740392

ISBN13

9780679740391

Categorías

Historia general y del mundo

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They Are. How Everyday Artefacts. And Zippers - Came to be as They are (en Inglés)

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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 on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast-food "clamshell" containers. At the same time, he offers a convincing new theory of technological innovation as a response to the perceived failures of existing products—suggesting that irritation, and not necessity, is the mother of invention.