Description: This book was Petroski’s fourth, following To engineer is human [1985] Beyond engineering [1986] and The pencil [1990]. The author declares in the preface that his book refutes 'form follows function', citing forks versus chop-sticks as an example. Whether or not he ultimately persuades the reader, his bibliography is a treasure chest for anyone interested in how even simple technologies evolve. Petroski, Henry (1942 - 2023) The evolution of useful things[: how everyday artifacts—from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers—came to be as they are] book design by Brooke Zimmer jacket photography and design by Chipp Kidd jacket dated 12/92 printed and bound by Halliday Lithographers, West Hanover, Massachusetts Publication — New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992 1st edition, 1st printing Physical — small 4⁰ silver lettering on quarter coral cloth, gray paper-covered boards with blind-stamped bourzoi logo on rear cover, in poster-red white and black pictorial jacket two small dark spots on front board else fine in fine jacket 9½ × 6½ × 1¼" (24.1 × 16.5 × 3.2cm) 1lb 5.8oz (625gm) 10" (25cm) minimum shelving [1l]+xi+288+[2 bio-sketch, colophon]pp. 45 B/W illustrations: ads, patent drawings, photos notes: p.253-263 bibliography: p.265-273 index: p.275-288 IDs — ISBN: 978-0-679-41226-7 Library of Congress: 91-39524 OCLC: 24 906 856 British Library: 008 910 862 Classification — Library of Congress T212 .P465 1992 Dewey 609 BISG Subject Code: Des009000 · Design / Industrial Tec057000 · Technology & engineering / Inventions Subjects: — Inventions Patents Industrial design Engineering--History Engineering History Technology Non-fiction.
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Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Format: Hardcover
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Item Width: 6.7in.
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Item Length: 9.5in.
Item Height: 1.1in.
Topic: Inventions, Technology, History, Patents, Industrial Design, Engineering--History, Engineering, Design
Vintage: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Ex Libris: No
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1992
Item Weight: 22.2 Oz
Book Title: The evolution of useful things: how everyday artifacts ⋯
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Author: Henry Petroski
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science, Engineering & Technology
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